monthAsString

Description

Determines the name of the month that corresponds to month_number.

Categories

Date And Time Functions String Functions

Related

datePart month quarter

History

ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter.

Syntax

MonthAsString(month_number [, locale])

Attributes

AttributeDescriptionRequiredDefault
localeLocale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function
month_numberAn integer in the range 1 – 12.

Returns

A string; the name of the specified month, in the current locale.

Example

<h3>MonthAsString 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>