create linux date time in coldfusion as well as convert epoch time back to a coldfusion date.

linuxDateTime.cfc

<cfcomponent>

<!--- 
		
		Function Name 	: linuxDateTime()
		Author 			: Ryan Spencer
		Created 		: 26/09/2008
		General Notes 	: Returns the date from a Epoch Time format of seconds 
			since UTC January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 (Epoch time).
		
		Function in	:
			- date as seconds 					int
			
		Function return :
			- coldfusion date					datetime
			
	 --->
	
	<cffunction name="convertEpochTime">
	
		<cfargument name="dateSeconds" default="">
		
		<cfscript>
		
			// set the base time from when epoch time starts
			startDate = createdatetime( '1970','01','01','00','00','00' );
			
			if ( NOT isnumeric( arguments.dateSeconds ) )
				return '';
			
			// return the date
			// this adds the seconds to the startDate and the converts it to to a local time from UTC format
			return dateConvert( "utc2Local", dateadd( 's', arguments.dateSeconds, startDate ) );
		
		</cfscript>
		
		
	</cffunction>
	
	<cffunction name="epochTime">
		
		<cfscript>
		
			// set the base time from when epoch time starts
			startDate = createdatetime( '1970','01','01','00','00','00' );
			
			datetimeNow = dateConvert( "local2Utc", now() );
			
			return datediff( 's', startdate, datetimeNow );
		
		</cfscript>
		
	</cffunction>

</cfcomponent>