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DayOfYear

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

Determines the day of the year, in a date.

Returns

The ordinal value of day of the year, as an integer.

Category

Function syntax

DayOfYear(date)

See also

Parameters

Parameter
Description
date
Date/time object, in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.

Usage

This function accounts for leap years. When passing a date/time object as a string, enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a numeric representation of a date/time object.
You can pass the CreateDate function or Now function as the date parameter of this function; for example, #DayOfYear(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#

Example

<cfscript>
    Date1 = "{ts '2018-11-06 12:13:50'}";
    Dayofyear= DayOfYear(Date1)
    writeOutput(Date1 & "<br/>")
    writeOutput("Day of year: " & DayofYear & "")
</cfscript>
Output
{ts '2018-11-06 12:13:50'}

Day of year: 310

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