CFML Reference
ColdFusion Functions

DaysInYear

Description

Determines the number of days in a year.

Return value

The number of days in a year.

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

DaysInYear("date") 

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth, IsLeapYear

Parameters

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

Usage

DaysInYear accounts for leap years.

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

Note:   You can pass the CreateDate function or the Now function as the date parameter of this function; for example: #DaysInYear(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#

Example

<h3>DaysInYear Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.year")>
  More information about your date:
  <cfset yourDate = CreateDate(FORM.year, FORM.month, FORM.day)>
  <cfoutput>
  <p>Your date, #DateFormat(yourDate)#.
  <br>It is #DayofWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(yourDate))#, day 
   #DayOfWeek(yourDate)# in the week.
  <br>This is day #Day(YourDate)# in the month of 
   #MonthAsString(Month(yourDate))#, which has
   #DaysInMonth(yourDate)# days.
  <br>We are in week #Week(yourDate)# of #Year(yourDate)# (day
   #DayofYear(yourDate)# of #DaysinYear(yourDate)#). 
</cfif>

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