<cffunction 
    access="public" 
    name="ParseAtomDate" 
    returntype="date" 
    displayname="ParseAtomDate" 
    description="Parses a date from an Atom feed">
    
    <cfargument 
    	name="feeddate" 
        type="string" 
        required="yes" 
        displayname="The date in string format as displayed in the feed">
        
    <cfset LOCAL.year = Left( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, 4 )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.year = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.year )/>
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate ) + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.month = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.month = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.month )/>
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "T", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.day = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.day = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.day )/>                 
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.hour = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.hour = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.hour )/>                           
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.minute = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.minute = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.minute )/>                                 
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.second = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.second = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.second )/>                                           
        
    <cfreturn CreateDateTime( LOCAL.year, LOCAL.month, LOCAL.day, LOCAL.hour, LOCAL.minute, LOCAL.second )/>
        
</cffunction>

<cffunction 
	access="public" 
    name="ParseAtomDate" 
    returntype="date" 
    displayname="ParseAtomDate" 
    description="Parses a date from an Atom feed">
    
	<cfargument 
    	name="feeddate" 
        type="string" 
        required="yes" 
        displayname="The date in string format as displayed in the feed">
        
    <cfset LOCAL.year = Left( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, 4 )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.year = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.year )/>
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate ) + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.month = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.month = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.month )/>
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "T", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.day = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.day = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.day )/>                 
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.hour = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.hour = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.hour )/>                           
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.minute = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.minute = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.minute )/>                                 
    
    <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
    <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.second = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
    <cfset LOCAL.second = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.second )/>                                           
        
	<cfreturn CreateDateTime( LOCAL.year, LOCAL.month, LOCAL.day, LOCAL.hour, LOCAL.minute, LOCAL.second )/>
        
</cffunction>

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