Hi Alex, Here is the bug when you set correct value and get incorrect result.
https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14983 adding 24 hours does will not cause switching to the next date if it happens over the daylight saving change date [summer->winter]) Cheers, Dmitri. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would not guarantee results if you set values that are out of range. > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Amy > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:31 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] bug in setMonth() method? > > > > Hi, all; > > I'm working on making an app that will allow users to navigate from > one month to the next based on a start date and end date. I noticed > some interesting effects with the date object and days that fall > outside the 1-31 range (http://tinyurl.com/5qc46j > <http://tinyurl.com/5qc46j> ), so I thought I'd > try something similar with months. > > What I find is if the current month is 11 and you add 1 to it, you'll > actually wind up with a date that's not in the _next_ year, but one > in the year following. > > Here's my code > > public function makeDisplayedMonths(beginDate:Date, endDate:Date):void > { > var today:Date= new Date(); > //set up date for loop > var parseDate:Date = beginDate; > //equalize parsedate and enddate > parseDate.setDate(1); > endDate.setDate(1); > while (parseDate <= endDate) { > //update date > parseDate.setMonth(++parseDate.month); > trace(parseDate, endDate); > } > } > > the trace is this > > Tue Jul 1 00:00:00 GMT-0500 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Fri Aug 1 00:00:00 GMT-0500 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Mon Sep 1 00:00:00 GMT-0500 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Wed Oct 1 00:00:00 GMT-0500 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Sat Nov 1 00:00:00 GMT-0500 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Mon Dec 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2008 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > Fri Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2010 Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT-0600 2009 > > Note that it goes from Dec 1 2008 to Jan 1 2010, skipping 2009 > altogether. > > Obviously now I know this I can code around it, but it seems like it > should either throw an error that the month is out of range or just > keep incrementing. > > Or have I missed something here? > > Thanks; > > Amy >
