CFML Reference
ColdFusion Functions

CreateODBCDate

Description

Creates an ODBC date object.

Return value

A date object, in normalized ODBC date format.

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

CreateODBCDate(date) 

See also

CreateDate, CreateODBCDateTime

Parameters

Parameter	Description
date	Date or date/time object in the range 100 AD-9999 AD. See "How ColdFusion processes two-digit year values".

Usage

This function does not parse or validate values. To ensure that dates are entered and processed correctly (for example, to ensure that a day/month/year entry is not confused with a month/day/year entry, and so on), Macromedia recommends that you parse entered dates with the DateFormat function, using the mm-dd-yyyy mask, into three elements. Ensure that values are within appropriate ranges; for example, to validate a month value, use the attributes validate = "integer" and range = "1,12".

<h3>CreateODBCDate Example</h3>

<CFIF IsDefined("form.year")>
<p>Your date value, generated with CreateDateTime:
<CFSET yourDate = CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month, form.day, form.hour,
form.minute, form.second)>
<cfoutput>
<ul>
  <li>Formatted with CreateDate: #CreateDate(form.year, form.month, form.day)#
  <li>Formatted with CreateDateTime: 
    #CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month, form.day, form.hour, form.minute,
form.second)#
  <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate: #CreateODBCDate(yourDate)#
  <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime: #CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate)#
</ul>
<p>The same value can be formatted with dateFormat:
<ul>
  <li>Formatted with CreateDate and dateFormat: 
    #DateFormat(CreateDate(form.year,form.month, form.day), "mmm-dd-yyyy")#
  <li>Formatted with CreateDateTime and dateFormat: 
    #DateFormat(CreateDateTime(form.year, form.month, form.day, form.hour,
form.minute, form.second))#
  <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDate and dateFormat: 
    #DateFormat(CreateODBCDate(yourDate), "mmmm d, yyyy")#
  <li>Formatted with CreateODBCDateTime and dateFormat: 
    #DateFormat(CreateODBCDateTime(yourDate), "d/m/yy")#
</ul>
</cfoutput>
</CFIF>
<CFFORM ACTION="createodbcdate.cfm" METHOD="POST">
<p>Enter the year, month and day, as integers:
<PRE>
Year    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="year" VALUE="1998" VALIDATE="integer" 
    REQUIRED="Yes">
Month    <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="month" VALUE="6" RANGE="1,12" 
    MESSAGE="Please enter a month (1-12)" VALIDATE="integer" 
    REQUIRED="Yes">
Day        <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="day" VALUE="8" RANGE="1,31" 
    MESSAGE="Please enter a day of the month (1-31)" VALIDATE="integer" 
    REQUIRED="Yes">
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>

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