Adobe ColdFusion 8

CreateDateTime

Description

Creates a date-time object.

Returns

A date/time value.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

CreateDateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)

See also

CreateDate, CreateTime, CreateODBCDateTime, Now; "Date-time functions and queries when ODBC is not supported" in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide

Parameters

Parameter

Description
year

Integer in the range 0-9999. Integers in the range 0-29 are converted to 2000-2029. Integers in the range 30-99 are converted to 1930-1999. You cannot specify dates before AD 100.
month

Integer in the range 1 (January)-12 (December)
day

Integer in the range 1-31

hour

Integer in the range 0-23
minute

Integer in the range 0-59
second

Integer in the range 0-59

Example

<h3>CreateDateTime Example</h3>

<cfif IsDefined("form.year")>
Your date value, generated with CreateDateTime:
<cfset yourDate = CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month, form.day,
    form.hour, form.minute, form.second)>

<cfoutput>
<ul>
    <li>Formatted with CreateDate: #CreateDate(form.year, form.month, form.day)#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateDateTime: #CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month,
    form.day, form.hour, form.minute, form.second)#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate: #CreateODBCDate(yourDate)#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime: #CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate)#</li>
</ul>

<p>The same value can be formatted with DateFormat:
<ul>
    <li>Formatted with CreateDate and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateDate(form.year, form.month, form.day), "mmm-dd-yyyy")#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateDateTime and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month, form.day,
    form.hour, form.minute, form.second))#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateODBCDate(yourDate), "mmmm d, yyyy")#</li>
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate), "d/m/yy")#</li>
</ul>
</cfoutput>
</cfif>

<CFFORM ACTION="createdatetime.cfm" METHOD="POST">
<p>Please enter the year, month, and day, in integer format, for a date to view:
<PRE>
Year    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="year" VALUE="1998" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
Month    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="month" VALUE="6" RANGE="1,12" 
        MESSAGE="Please enter a month (1-12)" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
Day    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="day" VALUE="8" RANGE="1,31" 
        MESSAGE="Please enter a day of the month (1-31)" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
Hour    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="hour" VALUE="16" RANGE="0,23" 
        MESSAGE="You must enter an hour (0-23)" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
Minute    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="minute" VALUE="12" RANGE="0,59" 
        MESSAGE="You must enter a minute value (0-59)" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
Second    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="second" VALUE="0" RANGE="0,59" 
        MESSAGE="You must enter a value for seconds (0-59)" VALIDATE="integer" 
        REQUIRED="Yes">
</PRE>
<p><INPUT TYPE="Submit" NAME=""> <INPUT TYPE="RESET">
</cfform>