CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This will take a duration of time and return the total number of seconds. For example, 4 minutes and 27 seconds would return 267.

Return Values:
Numeric

Example:

<cfdump var="#toSeconds("00:04:27")# />

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Converts a duration of time to seconds.
 
 @param time      durtion of time desired to convert to seconds (Required)
 @return Numeric 
 @author Todd Sharp (todd@cfsilence.com) 
 @version 1, April 25, 2008 
--->
<cffunction name="toSeconds" access="public" output="false" returntype="numeric" hint="i take a time value and return the total number of seconds">
    <cfargument name="time" required="true" />
    <cfreturn (hour(arguments.time)*3600) + (minute(arguments.time)*60) + (second(arguments.time)) />
</cffunction>