MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7-CFML Reference page 930

Year
Description
From a date/time object, gets the year value.
Returns
The year value of date.
Category
Date and time functions
Function syntax
Year(date)
See also
,
DatePart IsLeapYear
Parameters
Parameter Description
date A date/time object in the range 100 AD–9999 AD.
Usage
When passing a date as a string, enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a
number representation of a date.
Example
<h3>Year 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)#). <br>
<cfif IsLeapYear(Year(yourDate))>
This is a leap year
<cfelse>This is not a leap year
</cfif>
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
930 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions