DaysInMonth

Description

Returns the number of days in a month (Date).

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

DaysInMonth(date) 

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth

Parameters

Parameter
Description
date
A date/time object

Usage

Year values 0-29 are interpreted as 21st century dates. Year values 30-99 are interpreted as 20th century dates.

When passing a date/time value as a string, enclose it in quotes. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.


Note

You can pass the Now function or the CreateDate function as the date parameter of DaysInMonth: DaysInMonth(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#


Example

<!--- shows the value of the DaysInMonth function --->
<html>
<head>
<title>DaysInMonth Example</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor = silver>
<H3>DaysInMonth Example</H3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.year")>
More information about your date:
<cfset yourDate = CreateDate(FORM.year, FORM.month, FORM.day)>
<cfoutput>
<P>Your date, #DateFormat(yourDate)#.
<BR>It is #DayofWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(yourDate))#, day
 #DayOfWeek(yourDate)# in the week.
<BR>This is day #Day(YourDate)# in the month of
 #MonthAsString(Month(yourDate))#, which has
  #DaysInMonth(yourDate)# days.
<BR>We are in week #Week(yourDate)# of #Year(YourDate)# (day
 #DayofYear(yourDate)# of #DaysinYear(yourDate)#). 
<BR><cfif IsLeapYear(Year(yourDate))>This is a leap year
  <cfelse>This is not a leap year</cfif>
</cfoutput>