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
date.dayOfWeek()
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | Values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date | date | Yes | 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. |
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| calendar | string | No | gregorian | CF2016u8+ Indicates whether the week starts on Sunday (gregorian) or Monday (iso) | /Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/dayofweek.md | iso |
Uses the dayOfWeek function to determine the day of the week
<cfset date = createDate(2010, 09, 08)>
<cfset result = dayOfWeek(date)>
<cfoutput>#result#</cfoutput>