MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7-CFML Reference page 556

DateFormat
Description
Formats a date value using U.S. date formats. For international date support, use
Returns
A text string representing the date formatted according to the mask. If no mask is specified,
returns the value in dd-mmm-yy format.
Category
Date and time functions
Function syntax
DateFormat("date" [, "mask" ])
See also
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Now CreateDate
ParseDateTime
History
ColdFusion MX: Added support for the following
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Parameters
Parameter
date
mask
556 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
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LSDateFormat LSParseDateTime
Description
Date/time object, in the range 100 AD–9999 AD.
Characters that show how ColdFusion displays a date:
• d: Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days.
• dd: Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days.
• ddd: Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation.
• dddd: Day of the week as its full name.
• m: Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months.
• mm: Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months.
• mmm: Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
• mmmm: Month as its full name.
• yy: Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10.
• yyyy: Year represented by four digits.
• gg: Period/era string. Ignored. Reserved.
The following masks tell how to format the full date and cannot be combined with
other masks:
• short: equivalent to m/d/y
• medium: equivalent to mmm d, yyyy
• long: equivalent to mmmm d, yyyy
• full: equivalent to dddd, mmmm d, yyyy
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LSTimeFormat TimeFormat
parameter options:
mask
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LSDateFormat
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