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
 
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>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>
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