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Description:
Returns a date for New Years Day of a given year. If no year is specified, defaults to current year.

Return Values:
Returns a date object.

Example:

<CFOUTPUT>
In 2002, New Year's Day is on #DateFormat(GetNewYearsday(2002), 'dddd, mmm dd')#.
</CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Returns a date for New Years Day of a given year.
 * 
 * @param TheYear      Year you want to return New Year's Day for. 
 * @return Returns a date object. 
 * @author Ken McCafferty (mccjdk@yahoo.com) 
 * @version 1.0, September 4, 2001 
 */
function GetNewYearsDay() 
{
  Var TheYear=Year(Now());
  if(ArrayLen(Arguments)) 
    TheYear = Arguments[1];
  return CreateDate(TheYear,1,1);
}