DayOfWeekAsString |
Description
Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.
Returns
The day of the week, as a string 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
Parameters

Parameter | Description
day_of_week | Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday).

Example

    <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).