DATE and TIME formatting code examples

"now()" returns the current system time. You can replace "now()" with any valid date field. For example:
     <cfset MyDateTimeNow = now()>
     #DateFormat(MyDateTimeNow,"mm-dd-yy")#

DateFormat(now()): 02-Aug-21
DateFormat(now(),"mmm-dd-yyyy"):Aug-02-2021
 
DateFormat(now(),"m"): 8
DateFormat(now(),"mm"): 08
DateFormat(now(),"mmm"): Aug
DateFormat(now(),"mmmm"): August
 
DateFormat(now(),"d"): 2
DateFormat(now(),"dd"): 02
DateFormat(now(),"ddd"): Mon
DateFormat(now(),"dddd"): Monday
 
DateFormat(now(),"y"): 2021
DateFormat(now(),"yy"): 21
DateFormat(now(),"yyyy"): 2021
 
DateFormat(now(),"short"): 8/2/21
DateFormat(now(),"medium"): Aug 2, 2021
DateFormat(now(),"long"): August 2, 2021
DateFormat(now(),"full"): Monday, August 2, 2021
 
TimeFormat(now()): 10:05 PM
TimeFormat(now(),"hh:mm:ss t"):10:05:05 P
TimeFormat(now(),"hh:mm:ss tt"):10:05:05 PM
12 hour format
TimeFormat(now(),"h"): 10
TimeFormat(now(),"hh"): 10
24 hour format 00:00 to 23:00
TimeFormat(now(),"H"): 22
TimeFormat(now(),"HH"): 22
 
TimeFormat(now(),"m"): 5
TimeFormat(now(),"mm"): 05
 
TimeFormat(now(),"s"): 5
TimeFormat(now(),"ss"): 05
 
TimeFormat(now(),"1"): 1
 
TimeFormat(now(),"t"): P
TimeFormat(now(),"tt"): PM
 
TimeFormat(now(),"short"): 10:05 PM
TimeFormat(now(),"medium"): 10:05:05 PM
TimeFormat(now(),"long"): 10:05:05 PM EDT
TimeFormat(now(),"full"): 10:05:05 PM EDT



Time: 10:05 PM

Debugging Information
ColdFusion Server Enterprise 2021,0,0,323925
Template /CF_DOCS/DateTimeFormat.cfm
Time Stamp 02-Aug-21 10:05 PM
Locale English (US)
User Agent CCBot/2.0 (https://commoncrawl.org/faq/)
Remote IP 3.231.230.177
Host Name 3.231.230.177

Execution Time

Total Time Avg Time Count Template
0 ms 0 ms 1 top level D:\Websites\bcra-mlscom\mmcctech\CF_DOCS\DateTimeFormat.cfm
16 ms  STARTUP, PARSING, COMPILING, LOADING, & SHUTDOWN
16 ms  TOTAL EXECUTION TIME
red = over 250 ms average execution time

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Debug Rendering Time: 0 ms