ta ;-)
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] splitting up date string...
> try this instead as it's better coding practice. You don't need all those
> hashes when using them in variables or functions, and it's better for
> performance...
>
> <cfset testdate = DateFormat(CreateODBCDate(Now()), 'yyyy-mm-dd')>
> <cfset testday = DatePart('d', date)>
> <cfset testmonth = DatePart('m', date)>
> <cfset testyear = DatePart('yyyy', date)>
>
> Or you could try (easier to read and probably slightly better on
> performance):
> <cfscript>
> testdate = DateFormat(CreateODBCDate(Now()), 'yyyy-mm-dd');
> testday = DatePart('d', date);
> testmonth = DatePart('m', date);
> testyear = DatePart('yyyy', date);
> </cfscript>
>
> note I changed your variable Date to testdate as it's a reserved word...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Westbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] splitting up date string...
>
>
> > hmm, that kind of does it:
> >
> > <cfset date = '#DateFormat('#CreateODBCDate(Now())#', 'yyyy-mm-dd')#'>
> > <cfset testday = #DatePart('d', date)#>
> > <cfset testmonth = #DatePart('m', date)#>
> > <cfset testyear = #DatePart('yyyy', date)#>
> >
> > testday: 7
> > testmonth: 1
> > testyear: 2003
> >
> > which suits my purposes, although not if I wanted 07, 01 etc...
> >
> > I'll have a look at the List functions, and also the other code posted.
> >
> > ta ;-)
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adrian Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:03 AM
> > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] splitting up date string...
> >
> >
> > > DatePart(), or use List functions to tear it apart.
> > >
> > > Ade
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Westbrook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 07 January 2003 10:59
> > > To: cfug dev list
> > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] splitting up date string...
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > got a date astring like 2003-01-07, and I want to split it into its
> > > constituent parts (ie '2003', '01' and '07'). Can anyone tell me which
> > > function I should be using? I've had a flick through the book,
obviously
> > > missing what I need...
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Ian W
> > >
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