dateformat() and timeformat() should take care of display issues nicely for you.
-- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:27 PM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: RE: Inserting date/time stamp : : : Hmmm....I also want the date and time displayed on my form. I did : a <cfoutput>#now()#</cfoutput> but I don't like the results. : : I want something like: : : Monday, March 10, 2003 at 2:26pm : : : : On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:19:13 -0600, Raymond Camden wrote: : : > Do you want to know the time when the form was 'opened' (viewed you : > mean) or actually saved? For example, I may hit your form at 12:01 PM, : > and it may take me 5 minutes to fill it out. So would you want 12:01 PM : > stored, or 12:06 PM, the time when the form was actually submitted? If : > you want the first time, simply eded this in the form: : > : > <input type="hidden" name="theTime" value="#now()#"> : > : > and store form.theTime in your db. If you want the time submitted, just : > passed now() to your database (or whatever function your db uses to : > represent the current time). : > : > ======================================================================= : > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc : > Member of Team Macromedia : > : > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog : > Yahoo IM : morpheus : > : > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda : > : > > -----Original Message----- : > > From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:14 PM : > > To: CF-Talk : > > Subject: Inserting date/time stamp : > > : > > : > > Hi, : > > : > > I have a form that I want to insert the date and time when : > > the form is opened. This will also be saved to a database when saved. : > > : > > Whats the best way of also creating a "automatic" reference : > > no which increments when a "new" form is opened? : > > : > > Any ideas... : > > : > > : > > --------------------------------------------------- : > > Colonel Nathan R. Jessop : > > Commanding Officer : > > Marine Ground Forces : > > Guatanamo Bay, Cuba : > > --------------------------------------------------- : > > : > > : > > : > > : > : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4