firstDayOfMonth

Description

Determines the ordinal (day number, in the year) of the first day of the month in which a given date falls.

Syntax

FirstDayOfMonth(date)

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
date	Date/time object, in the range 100 AD–9999 AD.

Returns

A number that corresponds to a day-number in a year.

Usage

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

Example

<h3>FirstDayOfMonth Example</h3> 
 
<cfoutput> 
The first day of #MonthAsString(Month(Now()))#, #Year(Now())# was  
day #FirstDayOfMonth(Now())# of the year. 
</cfoutput>

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