Hi Kelly, For simple comparisons there is are compare() and dateCompare() functions in the mx.utils.ObjectUtil class.
-TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Birr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes thank you, this is helpful. I did already have some routines built to > do this but this one is a bit better. Never-the-less I still believe the > language would be improved by making a Date primitive. > > Just because we have workarounds does not mean we should settle for them. > The fact still remains that this requires extra code, especially if your > trying to do a comparison between 2 variables whose actual types you don't > know (or care) and just want to know if they are equivalent or not. > > I understand that it's way too late in the Flex 2.0 game for any of this, > but here's hoping for Flex 2.1 > > - Kelly > > _____ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Douglas Knudsen > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 11:56 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > > http://jeff.mxdj.com/datediff_for_actionscript.htm > > perhaps this would be helpful. > > DK > > > On 6/26/06, Kelly Birr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you do not wish to change the Date class so it will conform to a > (terrible) standard, I can sort of understand that. > > Would you please consider the possibility of adding a DateTime or Date2 > class in Flex 2.1 that works like a primitive type. Or better yet, make the > new class be Date and the standards-compliant one called EcmaDate or EDate > or CDate or something like that. :) > > - Kelly > > _____ > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Daniel Tuppeny > > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 1:03 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > > > > Since the Date class is specified by the EcmaScript-262 standard, we're > not going to change it > > That's fair enough, but as things are (without a utility class to do this > stuff), I can see there being a whole bunch of "buggy" implementations of > date stuff in Flex over the coming months, which will be spread amongst > developers via sites like CodeProject!! :-( > > _____ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gordon Smith > Sent: 24 June 2006 00:01 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > > > Since the Date class is specified by the EcmaScript-262 standard, we're not > going to change it. But it sounds like we should consider adding a > flex.utils.DateUtils class in the future to make date manipulation easier. > > > > - Gordon > > > > > _____ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Pan Troglodytes > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 8:53 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > > > Well, it helped when I figured out I could do things like date.date += 12 > and it would automatically correct for rolling over months/years. But at > the very least, there needs to be a built-in daysBetween function. Yes, > yes, I know you can do the getTime() arithmetic. But every time you have to > fall back to that, it feels kludgy. > > If I were redesigning it, it wold at least ook like this: > > dayOfWeek - what used to be called day > day - day in month (used to be called date) > month - 1 based like day (what used to be called date) is > hour/minute/second/millisecond - singular (if hour is plural, why not > "months"?) > year - why fullYear? I mean, c'mon, do people really expect something > called "year" to be two digits or what? > daysBetween(laterDate:date) - laterDate minus this in days > > But, alas, it's too late. There's no way they'll make the change at this > late day. > > I mean "date". > > Haha. > > On 6/23/06, Daniel Tuppeny < <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't disagree! > > > > There seems to be no useful functions for manipulating dates. They should > copy all the methods and properties from the .NET DateTime class :o) > > > > > _____ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Pan Troglodytes > Sent: 23 June 2006 16:02 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > I swear, I really think the date class was designed by a crazy man. You > hear that Adobe? - CRAZY! :D > > On 6/23/06, Daniel Tuppeny < <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was using .day instead of .date > > > > TFI Friday! =) > > > > > _____ > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Daniel Tuppeny > Sent: 23 June 2006 15:33 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Difference between two dates > > I think I need more coffee.... > > > > The following code (which I'm sure is correct!), returns around 2.8 when I'm > expecting around 3.2. Anyone spot my error? > > > > > > > > public static function getMonths(startDate:Date, endDate:Date):Number > { > if (startDate > endDate) > { > var tmp:Date = endDate; > endDate = startDate; > startDate = tmp; > } > > var numMonths:Number = 0; > > // Get number of months in years > numMonths += (endDate.fullYear - startDate.fullYear) * 12 > numMonths += endDate.month - startDate.month; > numMonths += (endDate.day - startDate.day) / 30; // This needs fixing > > return numMonths; > } > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > > > > [Inbound Mail Scanned by MessageLabs] > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > > > > > > > > -- > Jason > > > [Inbound Mail Scanned by MessageLabs] > > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > > > > > -- > Jason > > > > > [Inbound Mail Scanned by MessageLabs] > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > _____________________________________________________________________ _ > > > > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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