I don't actually use that code I posted above, as all our dates come in via SOAP, for which Flex's unmarshaller is even worse :)
I like the strict checking you can do with a regex. Dates are an awful touchy subject in this business. -Josh On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just out of curiosity, does Date.parse() suck that badly? I would just > regex replace "-" with "/" and hand it to Date.parse(). > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Tim Rowe > *Sent:* Monday, September 15, 2008 10:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] Date issue - need to create date out of string > like xxxx-xx-xx from XML > > > > It's got to just be total coincidence that what's virtually the same > question has come up twice in the same day. > > > > The answer I provided earlier will also work, and will do so in ~5 lines of > code. > > > > --Tim > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Josh McDonald > *Sent:* Tuesday, 16 September 2008 3:43 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Date issue - need to create date out of string > like xxxx-xx-xx from XML > > Old code, probably terribly inefficient: > > //YYYY-MM-DD > static public const SIMPLE_INTL_DATE : RegExp = > /^(\d{4})[-\/](\d{2})[-\/](\d{2})$/; > > //YYYY-MM-DD - midday! > static public function parseSimpleIntlDate(input : String) : Date { > > var parts : Array = input.match(SIMPLE_INTL_DATE); > > var d : Date = new Date(); > d.milliseconds = 0; > d.seconds = 0; > d.minutes = 0; > d.hours = 12; > d.date = Convert.stringToInt(parts[3]); > d.month = Convert.stringToInt(parts[2]) - 1; > d.fullYear = Convert.stringToInt(parts[1]); //Not really > necessary, since we're unlikely to have a year < 999, but you get that. > return d; > } > > public class Convert { > > private static const validButIgnoredCharactersInNumbers : RegExp = > /[,\$]/g; > > public static function stringToInt(input : String) : Number { > > return parseInt(cleanupNumberInput(input)); > } > > public static function stringToFloat(input : String) : Number { > > return parseFloat(cleanupNumberInput(input)); > } > > public static function cleanupNumberInput(input : String) : String > { > > if (input == null) return null; > > //Strip any initial 0s - don't wanna parse as octal, do we? > var output : String = input; > while (output.charAt(0) == "0" && output.length > 1) > output = output.substr(1); > > return output.replace(validButIgnoredCharactersInNumbers, ""); > } > > } > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Andrew Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello - > I am having an issue creating a valid Flex Date object from a value > returned to my app in XML. The returned value is 2008-09-14 (year- > month-day), and no matter how I try, I can't create a valid date > object from this. > > Has anyone ever had to do something similar, or have any ideas on what > I might do? > > Andrew > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
