DAYOFWEEKASSTRING |
Description Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.
Returns The day of the week, as a string in the current locale, that corresponds to day_of_week.
Category Date and time functions, String functions
Function syntax
    DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week)
See also Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth
History ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current locale.
Parameters
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>
    <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>

DAY_OF_WEEK |

Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday).