YMMV :)
//ISO date format - SOAP
static public const ISO_DATE : RegExp =
/^([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})T([0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})(\.[0-9]+){0,1}(.*)$/
;
//Parses ISO dates (from SOAP etc) - probably only works with valid ISO
dates, innit.
static public function parseIso(dateStr : String) : Date {
/* trace("parseIso(" + dateStr + ")"); */
if (dateStr == null) return null;
//Asplode input
var matches : Array = dateStr.match(ISO_DATE);
if(matches == null || matches.length < 5) {
trace(dateStr + " is not a valid ISO date, buddy.");
return null;
}
var datePart : String = matches[1];
var timePart : String = matches[2];
var msPart : String = matches[3];
var timeZone : String = matches[4];
/* trace("datePart = \"" + datePart + "\"");
trace("timePart = \"" + timePart + "\"");
trace("msPart = \"" + msPart + "\"");
trace("timeZone = \"" + timeZone + "\""); */
//Reassemble into a string flex's built-in parse can grok
var newString : String = datePart.replace("-","/").replace("-","/");
newString += " ";
newString += timePart;
newString += " ";
newString += "GMT" + timeZone.replace("Z","-00:00").replace(":","");
/* trace ("New string = " + newString); */
var d : Date = parse(newString);
/* trace("flex's parse of " + newString + " led to " + d + ", setting ms");
*/
if (d != null)
d.milliseconds = parseInt(timePart.substr(1,3));
/* trace("final parse of " + dateStr + " led to " + d); */
return d;
}
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:26 AM, cesarerocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> AFAIU there is no support to parsing ISO8601 dates in Flex.
>
> Does anybody have a clue or pointer to some library?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -c.
>
> --
> http://spreadingfunkyness.com/posty
>
>
>
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