CreateTime

Description

Creates a time variable.

Returns

A time variable.

Category

Date and time functions

Function syntax

CreateTime(hour, minute, second)

See also

CreateODBCTime, CreateDateTime; Evaluation and type conversion issues in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Parameters

Usage

CreateTime is a subset of CreateDateTime.

A time variable is a special case of a date-time variable. The date part of a time variable is set to December 30, 1899.

Example

<h3>CreateTime Example</h3> 
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.hour")> 
Your time value, presented using CreateTime time function: 
<cfset yourTime = CreateTime(FORM.hour, FORM.minute, FORM.second)> 
<cfoutput><ul> 
    <li>Formatted with timeFormat: #TimeFormat(yourTime)#</li> 
    <li>Formatted with timeFormat and hh:mm:ss: #TimeFormat(yourTime, 'hh:mm:ss')#</li> 
</ul></cfoutput> 
</cfif> 
<CFFORM action="createtime.cfm" METHOD="post"> 
<PRE> 
Hour&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="hour" VALUE="16" RANGE="0,23"  
    MESSAGE="You must enter an hour (0-23)" VALIDATE="integer" REQUIRED="Yes"> 
Minute <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="minute" VALUE="12" RANGE="0,59"  
    MESSAGE="You must enter a minute value (0-59)" VALIDATE="integer" 
    REQUIRED="Yes"> 
Second <CFINPUT TYPE="Text" NAME="second" VALUE="0" RANGE="0,59"  
    MESSAGE="You must enter a value for seconds (0-59)" VALIDATE="integer" 
    REQUIRED="Yes"> 
</PRE> 
<p><INPUT TYPE="Submit" NAME=""> <INPUT TYPE="RESET"></p> 
</cfform>