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()): 27-Mar-23
DateFormat(now(),"mmm-dd-yyyy"):Mar-27-2023
 
DateFormat(now(),"m"): 3
DateFormat(now(),"mm"): 03
DateFormat(now(),"mmm"): Mar
DateFormat(now(),"mmmm"): March
 
DateFormat(now(),"d"): 27
DateFormat(now(),"dd"): 27
DateFormat(now(),"ddd"): Mon
DateFormat(now(),"dddd"): Monday
 
DateFormat(now(),"y"): 2023
DateFormat(now(),"yy"): 23
DateFormat(now(),"yyyy"): 2023
 
DateFormat(now(),"short"): 3/27/23
DateFormat(now(),"medium"): Mar 27, 2023
DateFormat(now(),"long"): March 27, 2023
DateFormat(now(),"full"): Monday, March 27, 2023
 
TimeFormat(now()): 07:29 AM
TimeFormat(now(),"hh:mm:ss t"):07:29:35 A
TimeFormat(now(),"hh:mm:ss tt"):07:29:35 AM
12 hour format
TimeFormat(now(),"h"): 7
TimeFormat(now(),"hh"): 07
24 hour format 00:00 to 23:00
TimeFormat(now(),"H"): 7
TimeFormat(now(),"HH"): 07
 
TimeFormat(now(),"m"): 29
TimeFormat(now(),"mm"): 29
 
TimeFormat(now(),"s"): 35
TimeFormat(now(),"ss"): 35
 
TimeFormat(now(),"1"): 1
 
TimeFormat(now(),"t"): A
TimeFormat(now(),"tt"): AM
 
TimeFormat(now(),"short"): 7:29 AM
TimeFormat(now(),"medium"): 7:29:35 AM
TimeFormat(now(),"long"): 7:29:35 AM EDT
TimeFormat(now(),"full"): 7:29:35 AM EDT



Time: 07:29 AM