CFML Reference
ColdFusion Functions

CreateDateTime

Description

Creates a date-time object.

Return value

A date/time value.

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

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

See also

CreateDate, CreateTime, CreateODBCDateTime, Now

Parameters

Parameter	Description
year	Integer, in the range 0-9999. See "How ColdFusion processes two-digit year values".
month	Number in the range 1 (January)-12 (December)
day	Number in the range 1-31
hour	Number in the range 0-23
minute	Number in the range 0-59
second	Number 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>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="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>

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