The app is designed for people only in the uk - it will show the current time and the amount of time remaining until the countdown is finished so it will probably be worth giving the time based on the server time and setting the time in flash based on that
the original question was about the best practise for getting the time for flash from xml thanks for the input so far guys a On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Cor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
