ColdFusion 9.0 Resources

MonthAsString

Description

Determines the name of the month that corresponds to month_number.

Returns

A string; the name of the specified month, in the current locale.

Function syntax

MonthAsString(month_number [, locale])

History

ColdFusion 8: Added the locale parameter.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`month_number`	An integer in the range 1 – 12.
`locale`	Locale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function

Example

<h3>MonthAsString Example</h3> 
 
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.year")> 
<p>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>