DayOfWeekAsString

Returns the day of the week corresponding to day_of_week, an integer ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).

Syntax

DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week)

day_of_week

Integer representing the day of the week, where 1 is Sunday, 2 is Monday, and so on.

Usage

Years from 0 to 29 are interpreted as 21^st century values. Years 30 to 99 are interpreted as 20^th century values.

Examples

<!--- shows the value of the dayOfWeekAsString function --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
DayOfWeekAsString Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<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>
...

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