ParseDateTime |
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Description
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Parses a date/time string according to the English (U.S.) locale conventions. (To format a date/time string for other locales, use the LSParseDateTime function.)
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Returns
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A date/time object
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Category
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Date and time functions, Display and formatting functions
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Function syntax |
ParseDateTime(date/time-string [, pop-conversion ] )
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See also
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IsDate, IsNumericDate, SetLocale
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Parameters
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Parameter |
Description |
date/timestring |
A string containing a date/time value formatted according to U.S. locale |
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conventions. Can represent a date/time in the range 100 AD–9999 AD. Years |
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0-29 are interpreted as 2000-2029; years 30-99 are interpreted as 1990- |
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1999. |
pop-conversion |
pop: Specifies that the date/time string is in POP format, which includes the |
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local time of the sender and a time-zone offset from UTC. ColdFusion applies |
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the offset and returns a value with the UTC time. |
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standard: (the default) function does no conversion. |
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Usage
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This function is similar to CreateDateTime, but it takes a string instead of enumerated date/time values. These functions are provided primarily to increase the readability of code in compound expressions.
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To calculate a difference between time zones, use the GetTimeZoneInfo function.
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To set the default display format of date, time, number, and currency values, use the SetLocale function.
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This function does not accept POP dates. |
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Example<h3>ParseDateTime Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("form.theTestValue")>
<cfif IsDate(form.theTestValue)>
<h3>The expression <cfoutput>#DE(form.theTestValue)#</cfoutput> is a valid
date</h3>
<p>The parsed date/time is:
<cfoutput>#ParseDateTime(form.theTestValue)#</cfoutput>
<cfelse>
<h3>The expression <cfoutput>#DE(form.theTestValue)#</cfoutput> is not a
valid date</h3>
</cfif>
</cfif>
<form action="#CGI.ScriptName#" method="POST">
<p>Enter an expression, and discover if it can be evaluated to a date value.
<input type="Text" name="TheTestValue" value="<CFOUTPUT>#DateFormat(Now())#
#TimeFormat(Now())#</CFOUTPUT>">
<input type="Submit" value="Parse the Date" name="">
</form>
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