FirstDayOfMonth

Description

Returns the ordinal (the day's number in the year) for the first day of a month.

Syntax


FirstDayOfMonth(date)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

date
A date

Parameter	Description
date	A date

Usage

Year values 0 - 29 are interpreted as 21^st century dates. Year values 30 - 99 are interpreted as 20^th century dates.

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

Example

<!--- This example shows the use of FirstDayOfMonth --->

<html>

<head>

<title>FirstDayOfMonth Example</title>

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<body bgcolor = silver>

<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>



</body>

</html>