You sure its not throwing an error on the timeformat() now? There is no parsedatetime() around the pubdate
Darryl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 30/11/2004 11:44:34 AM: > It's coming in the date field in a RSS2.0 news feed. Until this > morning it was fine, then when i checked my site this morning I was > getting this error. So over night the newsfeed must have changed > their date format. > > Anyway, here's the code, after parsing the XML feed: > > <li><cfif isdate(parsedatetime(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext))> > #lcase(timeformat(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext, "h:mmtt"))# - > </cfif><a href="#newsitem.link.xmltext#" > target="_blank">#newsitem.title.xmltext#</a></li> > > So if there's a valid date, what displays is the time of day and the > headline. IF the date is not a valid date, it should display only a > headline. But it doesnt. It throws an error. > > I dont want to pass the whole date in, because all i want to display > is the time of day. the headlines change every few minutes so the top > 5 headlines will only be on the site for a couple of hours at most. I > dont need the date there and there' s no room anyway. > > Sameer, it's worked fine until today, so other date formats must work fine. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > AFP Webworks > Windsor, NSW, Australia > > > > > > On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:03:36 +1100, Sameer Kekade > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect it must be treating 30 Nov 2004 as MM/DD/YYYY format > > internally. > > Mike, can you try the same with smaller dates like 3 Nov 2004 ? > > > > Warm Regards, > > Sameer S. Kekade. > > QUATRO FOUR RETAIL > > "The right connections for your business" > > Tel. direct +61 2 9370 2775 > > Tel. direct +61 2 9370 1062 > > Fax direct +61 2 9370 1200 > > Mobile 0409 156 038, 0411 566 650 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.quatro.com.au > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > > Scott > > Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:47 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: isDate function not working as I expected .. > > anyone know why? > > > > Which seems to be fixed in 6.1:-) > > > > Must be something else in your code that your not telling us mike? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > > Scott > > Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:19 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] RE: isDate function not working as I expected .. > > anyone know why? > > > > Mike, > > > > I ran into this a few years ago, it appears that the IsDate doesn't like > > the gmt+11:00 in the string, I don't know why but you need to remove > > this from the string for it to work. > > > > Regards, > > Andrew Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Kear > > Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2004 10:05 AM > > To: CFAussie Mailing List > > Subject: [cfaussie] isDate function not working as I expected .. anyone > > know why? > > > > I'm using the function isDate() to determine if a string is a date, and > > if so, format it and output the result. If it's not a date object, then > > do nothing. > > > > Ok fine. But when the RSS feed gives it the value "Tue, 30 Nov 2004 > > 09:41:00 GMT+11:00" it throws an error. The actual error is: > > > > [quote] > > The value "Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:41:00 GMT+11:00" could not be converted > > to a date. [/quote] > > > > I thought that if this string couldn't be converted to a date, that's > > precisely what that function is for. Apparently not. So what > > exactly IS it for? And how do I do what i need then? > > > > Here's the code in question: > > > > <cfif isdate(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext)> > > #lcase(timeformat(newsitem.pubdate.xmltext, "h:mmtt"))# </cfif> > > > > So if the variable isnt a date (looks like one to me but lets not bother > > about that now) why doesnt this just skip over it and move on? > > Why does it throw an error? > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. 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