Get the current date including milli-seconds - coldfusion

Question

I have to track the current system time including milli-seconds using ColdFusion 11. I am using the Now() function but it outputs the date like this {ts '2017-01-11 06:48:58'}. I need to include the milli-seconds as well. Please let me know.

Answer 1

The milliseconds are there and you can get to them by using the TimeFormat() function of ColdFusion. Here is some sample code showing this:
<cfscript>
currentTime = Now();
writeOutput('<p>' & currentTime & '</p>');
formattedTime = TimeFormat(currentTime,'HH:mm:ss.l');
writeOutput('<p>' & formattedTime & '</p>');
</cfscript>
<!--- which outputs the following --->
{ts '2017-01-11 13:10:03'}
13:10:03.827
The first bit of code show the standard display format that you referenced. The second bit uses the TimeFormat() function to also include the milliseconds using the l mask option.
Here is a gist of that code so you can see it in action - TimeFormat example on trycf.com
There are several formatting options available to you using that function.
Masking characters that determine the format:
h: hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock)
hh: hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock)
H: hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock)
HH: hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock)
m: minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes
mm: minutes; a leading zero for single-digit minutes
s: seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds
ss: seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds
l or L: milliseconds, with no leading zeros
t: one-character time marker string, such as A or P
tt: multiple-character time marker string, such as AM or PM
short: equivalent to h:mm tt
medium: equivalent to h:mm:ss tt
long: medium followed by three-letter time zone; as in, 2:34:55 PM EST
full: same as long
From the Adobe ColdFusion documentation here
If you still need the date portion of the object then use the DateFormat() function to display that part.