User Guide

562 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 in the current locale, 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
History
ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current
locale.
Parameters
Example
The following example shows the use of the DayOfWeekAsString function. It is the action page
for a form that submits year, month, and day fields.
<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).