You could also do it at the db level. obvisouly sending the string to the db to get a timestamp back is not very effective performance wise, but if you're going to insert it in a table of yours anyway you might as well convert it there. Of if you've stored a heap of them as strings in the db and you query on the lot for reporting. DECLARE @mydate AS VARCHAR(50) SET @mydate = 'Wed Oct 07 22:59:00 +0000 2009' SELECT CAST(SubString(@mydate, 4, 8) + RIGHT(@mydate, 4) + SubString(@mydate, 11, 9) AS datetime)
Tof On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Steve Onnis <st...@cfcentral.com.au> wrote: > > @mike > > That's why you just copy and paste :P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:afpwebwo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 11:13 AM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Convert a date to a proper date object > > > I can't believe how timely this is! I had JUST started staring at > this date and begun thinking about how i was going to deal with this, > when this thread popped up. > > @Paul i think your answer is tres elegant. Thanks. > > @Steve your solution looks elegant too, but I just KNOW what would > happen in my case - i'd miss off a close bracket or something. I > know it would happen because i have little invisible gremlins sitting > on my shoulder that wait for me to code lines like that and fire a > spark or something at my keyboard so it misses off keystrokes. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Steve Onnis <st...@cfcentral.com.au> > wrote: > > Looks like it is formatted like a javascript date > > > > also notice there is no time zone info though....bit of a pain that is > > > > thanks for the code snipped though. > > > > i actually decided to do it this way > > > > tweetDate = ParseDateTime(listFirst(ListSetAt(tweetDate, 1, > > listLast(tweetDate, " "), " "), "+")); > > > > basically turn > > > > Fri Sept 19 16:30:00 +0000 2009 > > > > into > > > > 2009 Fri Sept 19 16:30:00 > > > > and then parse it with ParseDate() > > > > > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaus...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > > Of Steve Onnis > > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:32 PM > > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Convert a date to a proper date object > > > > > > > > yes twitter (dam twits!) > > > > > > > > why is the date like that anyway? > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
