# CreateTime

Returns a valid time variable in ColdFusion.

See also CreateODBCTime and CreateDateTime.

### Syntax

    CreateTime(hour, minute, second)

##### hour

Number representing the hour, ranging from 0 to 23.

##### minute

Number representing the minute, ranging from 0 to 59.

##### second

Number representing the second, ranging from 0 to 59.

### Usage

CreateTime is a subset of CreateDateTime.

Time variables are special cases of date/time variables. The date portion of a time variable is set to December 30, 1899.

### Examples

    <!--- This code illustrates CreateTime and CreateODBCTime --->
    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <TITLE>
    CreateTime Example
    </TITLE>
    </HEAD>

    <basefont face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>
    <body  bgcolor="#FFFFD5">
    <H3>CreateTime Example</H3>

    <CFIF IsDefined("FORM.hour")>
    Your time value, presented using different CF time functions:
    <CFSET yourTime = CreateTime(FORM.hour, FORM.minute, FORM.second)>

    <CFOUTPUT>
    <UL>
        <LI>Built with CreateTime: #TimeFormat(yourTime)#
        <LI>Built with CreateODBCTime: #CreateODBCTime(yourTime)#
    </UL>

    <P>The same value can be formatted with timeFormat:
    <UL>
        <LI>Built with CreateTime: #TimeFormat(yourTime, 'hh:mm:ss')#
        <LI>Built with CreateODBCTime:
           #TimeFormat(yourTime, 'hh:mm:sstt')#
    </UL>
    </CFOUTPUT>
    </CFIF>

    </BODY>
    </HTML>