Formats the date part of a date/time value in a locale-specific format.

A formatted date/time value. If no mask is specified, the value is formatted according to the locale setting of the client computer.

Date and time functions, Display and formatting functions, International functions

LSDateFormat(date [, mask ])

LSParseDateTime, LSTimeFormat, DateFormat, SetLocale; "Handling data in ColdFusion MX" in Chapter 17, "Developing Globalized Applications," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

ColdFusion MX:

• Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting than in earlier releases. This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.
• Added support for the following mask parameter options: short, medium, long, and full.

This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.

When passing date/time value as a string, enclose it in quotation marks. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.

To calculate a difference between time zones, use the GetTimeZoneInfo function.

<h3>LSDateFormat Example</h3>
<p>LSDateFormat formats the date part of a date/time value using the 
locale convention. 
<!--- loop through a list of locales; show date values for Now()--->
<cfloop list = "#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#"
index = "locale" delimiters = ",">
   <cfset oldlocale = SetLocale(locale)>

   <cfoutput><p><B><I>#locale#</I></B><br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "mmm-dd-yyyy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "mmmm d, yyyy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "mm/dd/yyyy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "d-mmm-yyyy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "ddd, mmmm dd, yyyy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now(), "d/m/yy")#<br>
      #LSDateFormat(Now())#<br>      
      <hr noshade>
   </cfoutput>
</cfloop>