dayOfWeek

Determines the day of the week from a date. Returns the ordinal for the day of the week, as an integer in the range 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).

dayOfWeek(date) → returns numeric

Member Function Syntax

date.dayOfWeek()

Argument Reference

date date
Required

Date or datetime object (100AD-9999AD).
When passing a datetime object as a string, enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a numeric representation of a datetime object.

calendar string
Default: gregorian

CF2016u8+ Indicates whether the week starts on Sunday (gregorian) or Monday (iso)
Values:
  • gregorian
  • iso

Compatibility

ColdFusion:

Member function is available in CF11+.

Lucee:

Member function is available in Lucee4.5+. Lucee accepts an additional argument for timezone.

Examples
Sample code invoking the dayOfWeek function

Uses the dayOfWeek function to determine the day of the week

<cfset date = createDate(2010, 09, 08)>
<cfset result = dayOfWeek(date)>
<cfoutput>#result#</cfoutput>

Expected Result: 4

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