FirstDayOfMonth

Description

Determines the ordinal (day number, in the year) of the first day of the month in which a given date falls.

Return value

A number corresponding to a day-number in a year.

Syntax

FirstDayOfMonth(date)

Parameters

Parameter Description

date

Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD. See "How ColdFusion processes two-digit year values".

Parameter	Description
date	Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD. See "How ColdFusion processes two-digit year values".

Usage

When passing a date/time value as a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.

Example

<h3>FirstDayOfMonth Example</h3>

<cfoutput>
The first day of #MonthAsString(Month(Now()))#, 
 #Year(Now())# was 
  a #DayOfWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(FirstDayOfMonth(Now())))#,
   day #FirstDayOfMonth(Now())# of the year.
</cfoutput>