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They dropped a servder upgrade on me and now (after a little more than 10 years) this code doesn't work. Any ideas what I can change it to?

#dateformat(News_Date, 'dddd mmmm dd, yyyy')#

HELP! Please,

And thank you.

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BKBK

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They dropped a servder upgrade on me and now (after a little more than 10 years) this code doesn't work. Any ideas what I can change it to?

#dateformat(News_Date, 'dddd mmmm dd, yyyy')#

By @Monte28993316xw9z

Yes, here is an idea. Locate the line of code that contains

dateformat(News_Date, 'dddd mmmm dd, yyyy')

Add the following validation code just before that line:

<cfset newsDateAsString=toString(News_Date)>
<cfif isDate(News_Date)>
	<cfset News_Date=parseDateTime(newsDateAsString)>
<cfelse>
	<cflog file="News_Date_Check" text="The value of the 'News_Date' variable is currently '#newsDateAsString#', which does not represent a valid date. Location: #getTemplatePath()#" type="error">	
	Sorry, error. The error has been logged. We're working on it.
	<cfabort>
</cfif>

If there is a wrong value for date, an error will be logged in News_Date_Check.log

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rickmaz

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they changed the way the DD or dd is ready its day in the year ( vs what it was i believe). he needs to patch the server or come up with another way to code that output not using CF. Everything is in the link I posted.

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BKBK

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@rickmaz , "dd" was used, instead of "DD", as @sdsinc_pmascari said. So I wonder whether patching the server is relevant. In any case, @Monte28993316xw9z mentioned being on CF10.

@Monte28993316xw9z , are you really on CF10? Run the following as a test CFM page. What does it give you?

My ColdFusion version: <cfoutput>#server.coldfusion.productversion#</cfoutput>

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rickmaz

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They made a change see this link:

https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/dateformat-function-coldfusion-2021.html

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Monte28993316xw9zAuthor

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So this is a server fix rather than a code change?

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Dave Watts

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Yes, it's a server change.

Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC

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sdsinc_pmascari

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What version of ColdFusion are you now running? What is the exact error you are getting?
I just ran this on CFFiddle and it runs fine.

<cfset News_Date = now()>
<cfoutput>
#dateformat(News_Date, 'dddd mmmm dd, yyyy')#    
</cfoutput>

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Monte28993316xw9zAuthor

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I'm awaiting info on what version they are running.
Thank you very much.

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