Converting ISO Date/Time To ColdFusion Date/Time

code-1.cfm

<cffunction
	name="ISOToDateTime"
	access="public"
	returntype="string"
	output="false"
	hint="Converts an ISO 8601 date/time stamp with optional dashes to a ColdFusion date/time stamp.">

	<!--- Define arguments. --->
	<cfargument
		name="Date"
		type="string"
		required="true"
		hint="ISO 8601 date/time stamp."
		/>

	<!---
		When returning the converted date/time stamp,
		allow for optional dashes.
	--->
	<cfreturn ARGUMENTS.Date.ReplaceFirst(
		"^.*?(\d{4})-?(\d{2})-?(\d{2})T([\d:]+).*$",
		"$1-$2-$3 $4"
		) />
</cffunction>

code-2.cfm

<!---
	Output the standard ColdFusion date/time stamp
	for this XML RPC standards compliant ISO 8601
	date/time stamp.
--->
#ISOToDateTime( "19980717T14:08:55" )#