Hello Claude, you wrote: > hi al > > I have the following date that I need to specify in my code <cfset > payment_from_date="10-01-07"> > however I cannot seem to display it in correct date format using the > dateformat function it keeps returning 1-oct-07 when I am using > dateformat(payment_date, dd-mmm-yy)
Your problem is probably not the display formatting but the actual date itself. Your cfset should be: <cfset payment_from_date = CreateDate(year, month, day)> then the date is a proper date object in CF and then dateformat will work properly. > I look forward to your advice > > seem to find date display / manipulation a real pain in the butt to > get the correct format If you will forgive me I will use this as an excuse for one of my favourite rants, one I can get quite hot under the collar about :-) Almost everyone and his dog treats dates wrongly in CF and often in databases as well. They see a nice date string in Enterprise Manager or Access such as "10-01-07" and think it is a string. It is not, that tool is formatting it nicely for us dumb humans as hiding the fact that it is a a date object. A date in a database should always be a date datatype, not a string. If it is and you always treat dates as proper date objects in CF then you will not have these date format issues. HTH Kym K --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
