User Guide

454 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
DayOfWeekAsString
Description
Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.
Returns
The day of the week, as a string that corresponds to day_of_week.
Category
Date and time functions, String functions
Function syntax
DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week)
See also
Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth
Parameters
Example
<h3>DayOfWeekAsString 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>
</cfif>
Parameter Description
day_of_week Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday).