Description

Creates an ODBC date-time object.

Returns

A date-time object, in ODBC timestamp format.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

CreateODBCDateTime(date)

See also

CreateDateTime, CreateODBCDate, CreateODBCTime, Now; "Evaluation and type conversion issues" in the ColdFusion Developer's Guide

Parameters

Usage

When passing a date-time value as a string, you must enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date-time object.

Example

<!--- This example shows how to use CreateDate, CreateDateTime, CreateODBCDate, and CreateODBCDateTime --->
<h3>CreateODBCDateTime Example</h3>

<cfif IsDefined("form.year")>
Your date value, generated using CreateDateTime:
<cfet 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>Formatted with CreateDateTime: #CreateDateTime(form.year,form.month,
        form.day,form.hour,form.minute,form.second)#
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate: #CreateODBCDate(yourDate)#
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime: #CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate)#
</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>Formatted with CreateDateTime and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateDateTime(form.year,form.month,form.day, 
        form.hour,form.minute,form.second))#
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateODBCDate(yourDate), "mmmm d, yyyy")#
    <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime and DateFormat: 
        #DateFormat(CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate), "d/m/yy")#
</ul>
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
<CFFORM ACTION="createodbcdatetime.cfm" METHOD="POST">
<p>Enter a year, month and day, as integers:
<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="Enter a month (1-12)" VALIDATE="integer" REQUIRED="Yes">

Day        <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="day" VALUE="8" RANGE="1,31" 
            MESSAGE="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 seconds value (0-59)" VALIDATE="integer" REQUIRED="Yes">
</PRE>
<p><INPUT TYPE="Submit" NAME=""> <INPUT TYPE="RESET">
</cfform>