Basic Date
Basic Date - Output the current date
The following examples show you how to output the current date.
The time is #lsdateTimeFormat(now())#
The tag <cfoutput> defines for the compiler that everything within a ## is a code expression and needs to be parsed accordingly. the function now() is a function call that returns a date object containing the current time. [function-lsDateTimeFormat] then converts that date to a string using locale-specific formatting rules (default en_US).
You can configure a different locale globally in the Lucee admin under "Settings/Regional".
You can then configure a different locale for the current request in the Application.cfc file (for example: this.locale="de_CH") or with the help of the function [function-setLocale] or as an argument of the function call itself as follows:
The time is #lsDateTimeFormat(date:now(),locale:'de_CH')#