Got it

check out the dateAdd() function
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions_c-d_28.html

to do time *before* a given time, just add a negative number (i.e. -24)

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FlexyBoy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a particular timestamp value e.g '2008-10-16 11:10:00".
>
> I want to get the timestamp 24hrs before this time (note that this timestamp
> value can change, so it should be dynamic).
>
> Anyone can give me an idea how to do this?
>
> Thx
>