>>So it's not really a free-for-all, you provide the mask and completely random >>string >>of numbers conversion.
No, its not completely free-for-all. IIRC you can supply a pattern, locale, etc. which gives you some flexibility. Using the correct settings you should be able to parse numeric date strings in formats such as MMYYYYDD,MMDDYYYY, YYYYMMDD, d.M.yyyy, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
