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DayOfWeekAsString

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.

Returns

The day of the week, as a string in the current locale, that corresponds to day_of_week.

Category

Function syntax

DayOfWeekAsString(dayofweek [, locale])

See also

History

ColdFusion (2018 release): Renamed parameter day_of_week to dayofweek.
ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter.
ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current locale.

Parameters

Parameter
Description
dayofweek
Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday).
locale
Locale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function

Example

The following example shows the use of the DayOfWeekAsString function. It is the action page for a form that submits year, month, and day fields.
<cfscript>
    dayArray=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
    dayOfWeekArray=dayArray.map(function(item){
        return DayOfWeekAsString(dayArray[item])
    })
    writeDump(dayOfWeekArray)
</cfscript>
Output

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