User Guide

DaysInYear 457
DaysInYear
Description
Determines the number of days in a year.
Returns
The number of days in a year.
Category
Date and time functions
Function syntax
DaysInYear("date")
See also
Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear,
FirstDayOfMonth, IsLeapYear
Parameters
Usage
DaysInYear accounts for leap years.
When passing a date/time object as a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it
is interpreted as a numeric representation of a date/time object.
Note: You can pass the CreateDate function or the Now function as the date parameter of this
function; for example: #DaysInYear(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#
Example
<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)#).
</cfif>
Parameter Description
date • Date/time object, in the range 100 AD–9999 AD.