Hi,
I would break up the mm/dd/yyyy hh:nn:ss into the Date( yy, mm, dd, hh, nn,
ss ) format, but I am not sure about the y2k compatibility of the year
format where it only uses 2 digits, not all four. But in the example it
also shows the other date format Date("December 17, 1995 03:24:00") with the
4-digit date format which is ok. So I don't know if it's just a
documentation shortcoming, or something in the browser. It'll be easy
enough to create a date test page with various formats passed to the
constructor.
(some time passes)
http://dynapi.kicks-ass.net/DynAPI_CVSROOT/test/date_format/date_format.html
These four formats I tried all work in IE 6, Opera 7.11, Netscape 4.79,
Mozilla 1.5, and Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1. Try testing these and other
formats in these and other browsers.
05/15/2001 09:30:45
2001/05/15 09:30:45
2001,04,15,09,30,45
May 15, 2001 09:30:45
Personally I prefer the second format, putting everything in a more logical
order, greatest to least "yyyy/mm/dd hh:nn:ss". The third format is also
logical, but might require further processing (note the month is 0-11, not
1-12). The fourth format is probably the least desireable, converting a
number to a month string. But maybe we could just write code to handle all
four formats, as JavaScript does? That might make it more flexible for the
coders. Or too confusing? What do you think?
Leif
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Irving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dynapi-Dev] IOElement SODA date format
>
> Thanks Leif.
>
> I think the date format "mm/dd/yy hh:nn:ss" works in
> ns4 and others or should we break it up to use the
> "Date(95,11,17,3,24,0)" format?
>
> --
> Raymond Irving
>
> --- Leif W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here's a message you may hve missed.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leif W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "DynAPI-Dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:56 PM
> > Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] IOElement SODA date format
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > In the docs (quickref.soda) and the code, the date
> > format I've seen
> > > mentioned or handled is "mm/dd/yyyy hh:nn:ss" but
> > I've just come to a
> > point
> > > in the code in ioelmsrv.soda in ws__SODA2Var under
> > 'else if ( tagType ==
> > > "d" )', where in the JScript version of the ASP,
> > it passes this format
> > > string to the JScript Date() object as a
> > constructor argument.
> > >
> > > But looking through the most recent (ok maybe this
> > is outdated) JS
> > reference
> > > manual I could find (Netscape's Core Reference JS
> > 1.5), I only found these
> > > date formats, not the one being used. Am I
> > missing something?
> > >
> > > today = new Date()
> > > birthday = new Date("December 17, 1995 03:24:00")
> > > birthday = new Date(95,11,17)
> > > birthday = new Date(95,11,17,3,24,0)
> > >
> > > Leif
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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