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Parse an RSS Date/Time String Into a Date/Time Object

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Parsing an RSS date/time value (as a string) into a date/time object in ColdFusion.

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  1. <cffunction 
  2.     access="public" 
  3.     name="ParseAtomDate" 
  4.     returntype="date" 
  5.     displayname="ParseAtomDate" 
  6.     description="Parses a date from an Atom feed">
  7.  
  8.     <cfargument 
  9.     	name="feeddate" 
  10.         type="string" 
  11.         required="yes" 
  12.         displayname="The date in string format as displayed in the feed">
  13.  
  14.     <cfset LOCAL.year = Left( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, 4 )/>
  15.     <cfset LOCAL.year = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.year )/>
  16.  
  17.     <cfset LOCAL.start = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate ) + 1/>
  18.     <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
  19.     <cfset LOCAL.month = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
  20.     <cfset LOCAL.month = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.month )/>
  21.  
  22.     <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
  23.     <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "T", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
  24.     <cfset LOCAL.day = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
  25.     <cfset LOCAL.day = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.day )/>                 
  26.  
  27.     <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
  28.     <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
  29.     <cfset LOCAL.hour = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
  30.     <cfset LOCAL.hour = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.hour )/>                           
  31.  
  32.     <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
  33.     <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( ":", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
  34.     <cfset LOCAL.minute = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
  35.     <cfset LOCAL.minute = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.minute )/>                                 
  36.  
  37.     <cfset LOCAL.start = LOCAL.end + 1/>
  38.     <cfset LOCAL.end = Find( "-", ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start )/>
  39.     <cfset LOCAL.second = Mid( ARGUMENTS.feeddate, LOCAL.start, LOCAL.end - LOCAL.start )/>
  40.     <cfset LOCAL.second = LSParseNumber( LOCAL.second )/>                                           
  41.  
  42.     <cfreturn CreateDateTime( LOCAL.year, LOCAL.month, LOCAL.day, LOCAL.hour, LOCAL.minute, LOCAL.second )/>
  43.  
  44. </cffunction>

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