FirstDayOfMonth

Description

Returns the ordinal (the day's number in the year) for the first day of a month.

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

FirstDayOfMonth(date)

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear

Parameters

Parameter

Description

date
A date

Usage

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

Example

<!--- This example shows the use of FirstDayOfMonth --->
<html>
<head>
<title>FirstDayOfMonth Example</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor = silver>
<H3>FirstDayOfMonth Example</H3>

<cfoutput>
The first day of #MonthAsString(Month(Now()))#, 
 #Year(Now())# was 
  a #DayOfWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(FirstDayOfMonth(Now())))#,
   day #FirstDayOfMonth(Now())# of the year.
</cfoutput>

</body>
</html>