dayOfWeekAsString

Description

Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.

History

ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter. ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current locale.

Syntax

DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week [, locale])

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
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

Returns

The day of the week, as a string in the current locale, that corresponds to day_of_week.

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> 
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>

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