User Guide
Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions 311
CreateTime
Returns a valid time variable in ColdFusion.
See also CreateODBCTime and CreateDateTime.
Syntax CreateTime(
hour
,
minute
,
second
)
hour
Number representing the hour, ranging from 0 to 23.
minute
Number representing the minute, ranging from 0 to 59.
second
Number representing the second, ranging from 0 to 59.
Usage CreateTime is a subset of CreateDateTime.
Time variables are special cases of date/time variables. The date portion of a time
variable is set to December 30, 1899.
Examples <!--- This code illustrates CreateTime and CreateODBCTime --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
CreateTime Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<basefont face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFD5">
<H3>CreateTime Example</H3>
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.hour")>
Your time value, presented using different CF time functions:
<CFSET yourTime = CreateTime(FORM.hour, FORM.minute, FORM.second)>
<CFOUTPUT>
<UL>
<LI>Built with CreateTime: #TimeFormat(yourTime)#
<LI>Built with CreateODBCTime: #CreateODBCTime(yourTime)#
</UL>
<P>The same value can be formatted with timeFormat:
<UL>
<LI>Built with CreateTime: #TimeFormat(yourTime, ’hh:mm:ss’)#
<LI>Built with CreateODBCTime:
#TimeFormat(yourTime, ’hh:mm:sstt’)#
</UL>
</CFOUTPUT>