Even if CF supported dates without separators, you are setting numdate wrong anyway.
<CFSET numdate=03042002> You really mean to set <CFSET numdate="03042002"> it is the string you want, not a number representing 3 million and change. Of course you really want something like <CFSET numdate="03/04/2002"> Just a thought Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/27/02 06:27PM >>> Looking at the docs, it says: Returns a date/time object from a string. ParseDateTime converts date/time strings that are in the U.S. date format. Use LSParseDateTime for international date parsing. And also: Year values 0 - 29 are interpreted as 21st century dates. Year values 30 - 99 are interpreted as 20th century dates. That seems to imply that (maybe?) it only handles 2-digit years... which would be very odd, but I've seen dumber things... Oh, okay - looking at the LSParseDateTime docs, it says (pardon the no-doubt bad formatting): ------------- When passing a date/time value for the English (US) locale, the date/time string can be in any of the following forms: date/time Composition Example dd mmmm yyyy "25 January 1999" hh:mm:ss "8:30:00" hh:mm:ss "20:30:00" mmmm dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss "January 25, 1999 8:30:00" hh:mm:ss mmm. dd, yyyy "8:30:00 Jan. 25, 1999" m/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss "1/25/1999 8:30:00" ---------- Looks like numbers without a separator aren't supported... :-( Dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:16 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: re: date massaging > > > Dave wrote, > > > just wondering, is there a reason you wouldn't use > > parseDateTime() for this? it takes a string and converts > > it to a cf date. > > If I try this: > > <CFSET numdate=03042002> > <CFSET thedate=ParseDateTime(numdate)> > <CFOUTPUT>#thedate#</CFOUTPUT> > > I get this: > > ''The date parameter of function ParseDateTime(date), which > is 03042002, does not represent a valid date'' > > Despite the fact that if I test the string against IsDate() > it verifies just fine. > > --Matt-- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
