User Guide

334 CFML Language Reference
DaysInYear
Returns the number of days in a year.
See also Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear,
FirstDayOfMonth, and IsLeapYear.
Syntax DaysInYear(
date
)
date
Any date.
Usage DaysInYear is aware of leap years.
Years from 0 to 29 are interpreted as 21
st
century values. Years 30 to 99 are interpreted
as 20
th
century values.
When passing a date/time value as a string, make sure it is enclosed in quotes.
Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object, returning
undesired results.
Examples <!--- shows the value of the DaysInYear function --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
DaysInYear Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H3>DaysInYear 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)#).
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