Description

From a date/time object, gets the year value.

Returns

The year value of date.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

Year(date)

See also

DatePart, IsLeapYear

Parameters

Usage

When passing a date as a string, enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date.

Example

<h3>Year 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>