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

Examples

Sample code invoking the dayOfWeek function

Determines the day of the week

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

dayOfWeek

Member Function Syntax

Argument Reference

date date
Required

calendar string
Default: `gregorian`

Compatibility

ColdFusion:

Lucee:

Examples
Sample code invoking the dayOfWeek function

Determines the day of the week

dayOfWeek

Member Function Syntax

Argument Reference

date date Required

calendar string Default: gregorian

Compatibility

ColdFusion:

Lucee:

Examples Add An Example Sample code invoking the dayOfWeek function

Determines the day of the week

date date
Required

calendar string
Default: `gregorian`

Examples
Sample code invoking the dayOfWeek function