They represent the hours and seconds since they are not confusable with any date parameter. The two functions dateformat and timeformat apparently share some resources under the hood. It can lead one into trouble, because it looks like it is working correctly without careful testing.
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:18 AM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: RE: Dateformat question .... ....I'm curious why he's even getting a valid response for the HH and the ss ....in there. What in the heck do those represent from the date? .... ....By the way Charles, I use this little UDF constantly: .... ....<cfscript> .... function FormatDateTime(thedate) { .... return (DateFormat(thedate,"MM/DD/YYYY") & " " & ....TimeFormat(thedate,"hh:mm tt")); .... } ....</cfscript> .... ....Then I just use FormatDateTime(now()) whenever I need to show both. .... ....HTH. .... ....Dave .... ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 1:08 PM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: Re: Dateformat question .... .... ....Because dateFormat doesn't format times, it formats dates, so you're ....getting July (month 7), not the number of minutes off the hour. .... ....cheers, ....barneyb .... ....On 7/27/05, Charles Heizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ....> Hello, ....> Can someone please tell me why the time is not correct if I use ....DateFormat; ....> for some reason it's off by 47 minutes. ....> ....> Thanks, ....> - Charles ....> ....> Example... ....> ....> #DateFormat(Now(), "DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:ss")# = 27-07-2005 09:07:47 ....> #DateFormat(Now(),"DD-MM-YYYY")# #TimeFormat(Now(),"HH:mm:ss")# = 27- ....07-2005 ....> 09:54:47 ....> .... .... ....-- ....Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ....360.319.6145 ....http://www.barneyb.com/ .... ....Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. .... .... .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213021 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
