Yes, but still it is depending of the localtime. Trace(targetDate); gives me in the Netherlands: Tue Aug 26 12:00:00 GMT+0200 2008
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kawamoto Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 12:22 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? If so I'd ask my PHP coder to generate formatted string so that I need to code less ;) e.g. var xml:XML = <data date="Tue Aug 26 12:00:00 GMT 2008" /> var targetDate:Date = new Date([EMAIL PROTECTED]()); ...a lot less code than yours! Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Cor wrote: > In PHP you can do whatever you want: see http://nl.php.net/date > I think it can also depend on your server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt > bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) > Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 11:48 > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? > > hi guys > > i'm speccing an xml file for a server side dev that needs to return a target > date and time and i wanted to make sure i wasn't doing anything stupid > > what would a php dev be expecting to use for time / date and how would that > be supplied in an xml file? And what would the best way of converting the > return string for flash to use? > > I was thinking something along the lines of > <data date="2008,08,26" time="12,0,0" /> > > and using something like > > var sDate:String = node.attributes.date; > var sTime:String = node.attributes.time; > > var arDate:Array = sDate.split(","); > var nYear:Number = Number(arDate[0]); > var nMonth:Number = Number(arDate[1]-1); // months start at 0 > var nDate:Number = Number(arDate[2]); > > var arTime:Array = sTime.split(","); > var nTimeHours:Number = Number(arTime[0]); > var nTimeMinutes:Number = Number(arTime[1]); > var nTimeSeconds:Number = Number(arTime[2]); > > var targetDate:Date = new Date(nYear, nMonth, nDate, nTimeHours, > nTimeMinutes, nTimeSeconds); _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
