Thank you Robert. Could you provide a small usage sample for the function? Would it be like:
JDate = '#Julian(Now(), '0YYDDD')#' Thanks, Charles Nahm >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:36 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Julian Date Format output 0YYDDD > > >Here is what I have > ><CFSCRIPT> >/** > * Returns a gregorian date if a julian date is submitted, or returns a >julian date if a gregorian date is submitted. > * > * @param date > * @param outvar > * @return Returns a date. > * @author Robert Everland III ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * @version 1, January 10, 2002 > */ >function julian(date, date_format) >{ > if (isnumeric(date)) > { > if (len(date) eq 5) > { > date = 0 & date; > } > if (left(date,3) LT 100) > { > yr = "19" & right(left(date,3),2); > } > else > { > yr = "20" & right(left(date,3),2); > } > days = right(date,3)-1; > firstday = "1/1/" & yr; > return dateformat(dateadd("d",days,firstday),date_format); > } > else if (isdate(date)) > { > date = dateformat(date, "mm/dd/yyyy"); > if (year(date) eq 1999) > { > return "0 & left(99000+Dayofyear(date),5)"; > } > else > { > return >left(1&right(date,2)&right(00&Dayofyear(date),3),6); > } > } > return "Not a valid date"; >} ></CFSCRIPT> > >Robert Everland III >Web Developer Extraordinaire >Dixon Ticonderoga Company >http://www.dixonusa.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Charles Nahm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:41 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: RE: Julian Date Format output 0YYDDD > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jim Vosika [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>What is julian exactly? Just curious? Please give an example. > >Some archaic Unix based date format from what I can see. It is still used >by some banks. > >The format is 0YYDDD, so today would be 002150 (assuming there >have been 150 >days total this year). > >Regards, >Charles Nahm > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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

