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Description:
Returns the date for Thanksgiving day in a given year. If no year is specified, defaults to current year.

Return Values:
Returns a date object.

Example:

<CFOUTPUT>
This year, Thanksgiving day is on #DateFormat(GetThanksgivingDay(), 'dddd, mmm dd')#.
</CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Returns the date for Thanksgiving day in a given year.
 * This function requires the GetNthOccOfDayInMonth() function available from the DateLib library.
 * 
 * @param TheDate      The year you want to return Thanksgiving day for. 
 * @return Returns a date object. 
 * @author Ken McCafferty (mccjdk@fyi.net) 
 * @version 1.0, September 5, 2001 
 */
// Thanksgiving Day 4th thursday in november
function GetThanksgivingDay() {
  Var TheYear=Year(Now());
  if(ArrayLen(Arguments)) 
    TheYear = Arguments[1];

  return CreateDate(TheYear,11,GetNthOccOfDayInMonth(4,5,11,TheYear));
}