So, you're converting a String to a Number and comparing that to a Date? Does that work? If not, perhaps using a DateField instead would work better; so that you'e comparing apples to apples. If it works though, nevermind. :)
-TH --- In [email protected], Blair Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm, okay, now I¹m confused. > > So this is the working end of my code, totally borrowed from > http://blog.flexexamples.com. > > private function processFilter(item:Object):Boolean { return > (item.Date_Collected) == Number(wholeDate.text); } > > ?? > > -- > Blair > > > > > > From: Tim Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:25:41 -0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Help: filterFunction and Dates > > > > > > Hey Blair, > > For dates, it's important that you use the Date() data type. Some use > strings instead. Since you're using AMF, using strongly typed date > objects for the VO's is the cleanest way. The reason that I say to use > Date(), is because that the Date.time property is stored as the number > of milliseconds since 1970, IIRC. Because it' numeric, you can easily > perform sorts. For formatting, you can use a dateFormatter with > "yyyy-mm-dd" as the formatString. This leaves the underlying date > alone, but displays it in whatever format that is specified. > > -TH > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > Blair Cox blair.cox@ wrote: > > > > Hi Cato, > > > > Thanks for the hint. I¹m using amfPHP and RemoteObject, I¹ll > assume it does > > the same thing. I¹ll use this as a starting point, cheers! > > > > -- > > Blair > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Cato Paus cato1@ > > Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:02:27 -0000 > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Help: filterFunction and Dates > > > > > > > > > > Hi if you use java as backend do you serilaze the object ? > > > > if so you can map the date objec to the date object in actionscript > and > > back.. > > > > here is a datefilter connetced to a arraycollection. > > > > public function chkToDay():void > > { > > //Allways set to null first!!!! else you get filter inside > > the filter! > > myArrayCollection.filterFunction=null; > > myArrayCollection.refresh(); > > myArrayCollection.filterFunction=toDayDateFilterFunc; > > /* Refresh the collection view to apply the filter. */ > > myArrayCollection.refresh(); > > } > > > > and the filter function > > > > private function toDayDateFilterFunc(item:Object):Boolean > > { > > var toDay:Date = new Date(); > > //item.date is if you have a public var named date in your > > DTO(Data Transfer Object) > > return item.date== toDay; > > } > > > > Cato > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > > "cox.blair" blair.cox@ wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > With the help of another poster I was pointed in the correct > direction > > > to solve a problem I have: > > > > > > The two links were helpful: > > > > > > > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=controls_12.html > > > > > > > > > http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/12/using-a-combobox-to-filter-items\ \ > \ > <http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/12/using-a-combobox-to-filter-item\ s> > > -in-a-datagrid-in-flex/ > > > <http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/12/using-a-combobox-to-filter-item\ \ > s-in > <http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/12/using-a-combobox-to-filter-item\ s-in > > > > -a-datagrid-in-flex/> > > > > > > Based on the above information, I was able to accomplish all my > tasks, > > > except being able to sort dates. > > > > > > Problem #1 - How to format the date so that it displays as > 2008-10-01. > > > I have it all the way up to 2008-10-1. Apparently the 'day' is > > > represented as a single digit. That won't work - using a MySQL db. > > > > > > Problem #2 - I am apparently lacking in my knowledge of ActionScript > > > to correctly write the proper script to filter the date. What I > can't > > > seem to figure out is the correct syntax for working with dates, or > > > perhaps simply a string or number containing "-" dashes? > > > > > > Sorry, I'm not providing code you to ponder over, I really only need > a > > > reference to start with so I can learn as I go. I've been searching > > > but have not been able to locate a reference which deals with > sorting > > > dates? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > >
