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ColdFusion : CreateDateTime : 13 digit epoch time

Is there an easy way to create ColdFusion now() into a 13 digit UTC Epoch Time

I found this code... But it shows a -1343911774836 I know I can force positive, but I don't even know if the conversion is correct.

<cfset startDate = createdatetime(#now()#)> 
<cfset datetimeNow = dateConvert( "local2Utc", now() )>
<cfset UnixStamp = datediff( 's', startdate, datetimeNow )>
<b>#unixstamp#</b>

This works from RRK Comments

<cfset startDate = now()> 
<cfset datetimeNow = dateConvert( "local2Utc", now() )>
<cfoutput>
  <b>#now().getTime()#</b>
  <b>#datetimeNow.getTime()#</b>
</cfoutput>
Solution

  • You can use the java getTime() method linked to date variables in Coldfusion.

    now().getTime()

    Example