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roldeguz
roldeguz
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September 18, 2018
Question

DateTimeFormat returns different results in CF2016 and 2018

  • September 18, 2018
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I am using GetHttpTimeString() function to get the current date and time in UTC/GMT. But when I format it using DateTimeFormat, its returning different results:

In CF2016, when I do this:

<cfdump var="#GetHttpTimeString()#">

<cfdump var="#DateTimeFormat(GetHttpTimeString(), "yyyy-mm-dd HH:nn:ss")#">

it will return:

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:44:27 GMT --> UTC

2018-09-18 17:44:27 --> still in UTC

In CF2018, when I do this:

<cfdump var="#GetHttpTimeString()#">

<cfdump var="#DateTimeFormat(GetHttpTimeString(), "yyyy-mm-dd HH:nn:ss")#">

it will return:

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:44:27 GMT --> UTC

2018-09-18 12:44:27 --> current date/time in my timezone

Unless I pass a third argument for the timezone, it will use the server's timezone by default.

Is this an intentional change, if it is, I can't find anything in the 2018 Release Notes.

Thank you!

Ollie de Guzman

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3 replies

Sandip_halder
Community Manager
Sandip_halderCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 24, 2018

Can you send me an email at cf.install@adobe.com so that we can get together and look into this issue?

    B
    Bardnet
    Inspiring
    September 22, 2018

    I don't see this behaviour when I look at your sample code on trycf: https://trycf.com/scratch-pad/gist/8c4cc8f8aad9d648091b61f37951e25b

      roldeguz
      roldeguzAuthor
      Participant
      September 24, 2018

      Hi,

      Have you tried it on both CF 2016 and CF2018?

      BKBK
      Community Expert
      BKBKCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 18, 2018

      The problem might be that you're not passing an argument to the function getHttpTimeString(). Do something like getHttpTimeString(now()).

      roldeguz
      roldeguzAuthor
      Participant
      September 18, 2018

      Hi,

      I tried adding Now() as an argument to the getHttpTimeString() function, I am still getting the same results from my OP.

      Thanks!

      BKBK
      Community Expert
      BKBKCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 18, 2018

      roldeguz  wrote

      Hi,

      I tried adding Now() as an argument to the getHttpTimeString() function, I am still getting the same results from my OP.

      Then perhaps it's because getHttpTimeString(now()) returns a string, whereas dateTimeFormat() requires a datetime object. So your next try is

      dateTimeFormat(parseDatetime(getHttpTimeString(now())), "yyyy-mm-dd HH:nn:ss")

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