I actually like that, makes sense, since arrays are 0 based and people often convert the value to the equivalent string name of the month from an array. So you could easily make an array of month names, ["January", "February", "March"...etc] and then access the month name using the monthUTC value without having to subtract 1. Of course, to get the numeric value, you have to add 1, but either way, not a big deal I guess.
Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (Note: these resources are only available for Bank of America associates) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerry Beauregard Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:39 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] Date.monthUTC uses 0 for January This is not a question, just a little observation that might save other folks a few minutes of gnashing of teeth and hair pulling. I need some code that will give me the current date in ISO 8601 format, e.g. "2010-08-27". I figured the Date class would be a good place to start, but I was really puzzled by the output I got. This code... var date:Date = new Date; trace( date.fullYearUTC, date.monthUTC, date.dateUTC ); ...prints out this: 2010 7 27 The year and day of the month are correct, but the month is off by one. Huh?? Well, it turns out that monthUTC is the month with *zero* as January. It's documented, but pretty bizarre nonetheless... though it turns out the "tm" structure in C's time.h uses the same convention. -Gerry _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
