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CFML Reference / 

DatePart

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Description

Extracts a part from a date value.

Returns

Part of a date, as an integer.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

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DatePart("datepart", "date")

See also

DateAdd, DateConvert

History

ColdFusion MX 6.1: Added the datepart character L or l to represent milliseconds.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

datepart

String:

  • yyyy: Year
  • q: Quarter
  • m: Month
  • y: Day of year
  • d: Day
  • w: Weekday
  • ww: Week
  • h: Hour
  • n: Minute
  • s: Second
  • l: Millisecond

date

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

Usage

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.

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<!--- This example shows information available from DatePart --->
<cfset todayDate = Now()>
<h3>DatePart Example</h3>
<p>Today's date is <cfoutput>#todayDate#</cfoutput>.
<p>Using datepart, we extract an integer representing the dateparts from that value
<cfoutput>
<ul>
<li>year: #DatePart("yyyy", todayDate)#</li>
<li>quarter: #DatePart("q", todayDate)#</li>
<li>month: #DatePart("m", todayDate)#</li>
<li>day of year: #DatePart("y", todayDate)#</li>
<li>day: #DatePart("d", todayDate)#</li>
<li>weekday: #DatePart("w", todayDate)#</li>
<li>week: #DatePart("ww", todayDate)#</li>
<li>hour: #DatePart("h", todayDate)#</li>
<li>minute: #DatePart("n", todayDate)#</li>
<li>second: #DatePart("s", todayDate)#</li>
</ul>
</cfoutput>

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