CreateODBCDateTime

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 Developing ColdFusion Applications

Parameters

Usage

When passing a date-time value as a string, 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>