CREATEODBCTIME  
Description

Creates an ODBC time object.

 
Returns

A time object, in ODBC timestamp format.

 
Category

Date and time functions

 
Function syntax
CreateODBCTime(date)
 
See also

CreateODBCDateTime, CreateTime, "Evaluation and type conversion issues" in Chapter 3, "Using ColdFusion Variables," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

 
Parameters

 
Usage

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

 
Example
<h3>CreateODBCTime Example</h3>
<CFIF IsDefined("form.hour")>
Your time value, created with CreateTime...
<CFSET yourTime = CreateTime(form.hour, form.minute, form.second)>
<cfoutput>
<ul>
   <li>Formatted with CreateODBCTime: #CreateODBCTime(yourTime)#
   <li>Formatted with TimeFormat: #TimeFormat(yourTime)#
</ul></cfoutput>
</CFIF>
<CFFORM action="createodbctime.cfm" METHOD="post">
<PRE>
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>

Date/time object in the range 100 AD-9999 AD.

DATE