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DayOfWeekAsString
Returns the day of the week corresponding to day_of_week, an integer ranging from 1 
(Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).
See also 
Day
DayOfWeek
DayOfYear
DaysInMonth
DaysInYear
, and 
FirstDayOfMonth
.
Syntax
DayOfWeekAsString(
day_of_week)
day_of_week
Integer representing the day of the week, where 1 is Sunday, 2 is Monday, and so 
on.
Usage
Years from 0 to 29 are interpreted as 21
st
 century values. Years 30 to 99 are interpreted 
as 20
th
 century values.
Examples
<!--- shows the value of the dayOfWeekAsString function --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
DayOfWeekAsString Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H3>DayOfWeekAsString 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>
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