Description

Extracts a part from a date value.

Returns

Part of a date, as an integer.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

DatePart("datepart", "date")

See also

DateAdd, DateConvert

History

ColdFusion MX 6.1: Added the datepart character L or l to represent milliseconds.

Parameters

Usage

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.

Example

<!--- This example shows information available from DatePart --->
<cfset todayDate = Now()>
<h3>DatePart Example</h3>
<p>Today's date is <cfoutput>#todayDate#</cfoutput>.
<p>Using datepart, we extract an integer representing the dateparts from that value
<cfoutput>
<ul>
    <li>year: #DatePart("yyyy", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>quarter: #DatePart("q", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>month: #DatePart("m", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>day of year: #DatePart("y", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>day: #DatePart("d", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>weekday: #DatePart("w", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>week: #DatePart("ww", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>hour: #DatePart("h", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>minute: #DatePart("n", todayDate)#</li>
    <li>second: #DatePart("s", todayDate)#</li>
</ul>
</cfoutput>