CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Converts ColdFusion date to linux timestamp using the datefiff algorithm to count the difference in seconds between the given date and the 1970-1-1.

Return Values:
Retuns a number.

Example:

<cfscript>
today = now();
todayInLinux = date2Timestamp(today);
</cfscript>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Converts ColdFusion date to linux timestamp.
 * 
 * @param cfdate      A ColdFusion datetime value. (Required)
 * @return Retuns a number. 
 * @author Michael Fritz (mitchiru_jo@gmx.de) 
 * @version 1, September 28, 2006 
 */
function date2Timestamp(cfdate) {
    return dateDiff('s',createDate(1970,1,1),cfdate);
}