Richard White wrote: > therefore does this mean that i should setlocale() to english UK. then when i > am getting a date out of the database i use: lsdateformat(date, 'dd/mm/yyyy')
i would recommend using one of the java terms FULL,LONG,MEDIUM,SHORT instead. these guarantee the proper localized date format if you ever have to support other locales. > then when saving to the database i need to use > lsdateformat(date,'yyyy/mm/dd')? as others have said, you shouldn't be passing date strings to your db, use a cf datetime object instead. > if i am write on this can i set the locale in the application.cfm page as we > dont have access to the cf administrator on our server? is so could you yes. > please give an example and i cant find how to do it? and would it matter that > our server is a host in the US - would it override their locale? no, only the request that pulls in your application.cfm. > then like i said do i always have to use the lsdateformat instead of > dateformat yes if you want properly formatted dates for your locale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
