Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.
The day of the week, as a string in the current locale, that corresponds to day_of_week.
Date and time functions, String functions
DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week
[,locale
])
Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth
ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter.
ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current locale.
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
day_of_week |
Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday). |
locale |
Locale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function |
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>