# FirstDayOfMonth

Returns the ordinal (the day's number in the year) for the first day of the specified month.

See also Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, and DaysInYear.

### Syntax

    FirstDayOfMonth(date)

##### date

Any date.

### Usage

Years from 0 to 29 are interpreted as 21st century values. Years 30 to 99 are interpreted as 20th century values.

When passing a date/time value as a string, make sure it is enclosed in quotes. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object, returning undesired results.

### Examples

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    FirstDayOfMonth Example
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    <CFOUTPUT>
    The first day of #MonthAsString(Month(Now()))#,
      #Year(Now())# was
        a #DayOfWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(FirstDayOfMonth(Now())))#,
          day #FirstDayOfMonth(Now())# of the year.
    </CFOUTPUT>

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