@Keith What would you recommend to use instead of DateField.stringToDate to parse a string into a date object so that it doesn't strip off the time portion? Date.parse does not correctly parse a date when the string is formatted as YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS.
Keith Reinfeld wrote: > > ObjectUtil.dateCompare() function does account for the time portion of the > supplied dates. > > > > According to the scenario you describe ObjectUtil.dateCompare() function > never sees the time portion of date_A nor date_B. > > > > The DateField.stringToDate() method only evaluates the YYYY-MM-DD portion > of > the supplied date string and ignores/strips off the time portion of the > date. > > > > Regards, > > > > Keith Reinfeld > Home Page: <http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net/> > http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of powers > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Comparing Dates: ObjectUtil.dateCompare not working > > > > > > > I'm writing a sort compare function to sort by date. The date format is > YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS. I'm converting the dates, in a string format, to a > Date objects like so: > > DateField.stringToDate(date_A 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS'); > DateField.stringToDate(date_B 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS'); > > Then comparing the dates like this: > > ObjectUtil.dateCompare(date_A, date_B) > > It always returns 0 when the date portion of the two date objects are > equal, > but the times are different. Does the ObjectUtil.dateCompare function not > account for the time? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Comparing-Dates%3A-ObjectUtil.dateCompare-not-working- > tp26378917p26378917.html > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.67/2506 - Release Date: 11/16/09 > 07:43:00 > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Comparing-Dates%3A-ObjectUtil.dateCompare-not-working-tp26378917p26396451.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
