User Guide
350 CFML Language Reference
FirstDayOfMonth
Returns the ordinal (the day’s number in the year) for the first day of the specified
month.
See also Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, and
DaysInYear.
Syntax FirstDayOfMonth(
date
)
date
Any date.
Usage 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 <!--- 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>