So what if a user (from another continent) starts your app. The difference will be greater or even before the server time. So you would get a negative value???
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 12:56 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? yes it's local On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Cor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmmm, I don't know?? > Somebody out there who does??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth > Kawamoto > Sent: dinsdag 26 augustus 2008 12:43 > To: 'Flash Coders List' > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is there a recognised date format for xml? > > Isn't that always the case no matter how you construct the date object? > > Kenneth Kawamoto > http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ > > Cor wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
