Description

Creates a time variable.

Returns

A time variable.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

CreateTime(hour, minute, second)

See also

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

Parameters

Usage

CreateTime is a subset of CreateDateTime.

A time variable is a special case of a date-time variable. The date part of a time variable is set to December 30, 1899.

Example

<h3>CreateTime Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.hour")>
Your time value, presented using CreateTime time function:
<cfset yourTime = CreateTime(FORM.hour, FORM.minute, FORM.second)>
<cfoutput><ul>
    <li>Formatted with timeFormat: #TimeFormat(yourTime)#</li>
    <li>Formatted with timeFormat and hh:mm:ss: #TimeFormat(yourTime, 'hh:mm:ss')#</li>
</ul></cfoutput>
</cfif>
<CFFORM action="createtime.cfm" METHOD="post">
<PRE>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"></p>
</cfform>