<cfscript>
samp =dateDiff('s',"{ts '2014-08-21 00:00:00'}","{ts '2018-01-09 00:00:00'}");


writedump(samp);


a = lsParseDateTime('21-08-2014 00:00:00');
b = lsParseDateTime('09-01-2018 00:00:00');

active=dateDiff('s',a,b);

dump(a);
dump(b);

writedump(active);


</cfscript>