[Laszlo-dev] Difference in Date constructor behavior for SWF10 and HTML5

[Raju Bitter]

Are you aware of the difference in Date implementation for HTML5 and
AS3 based runtimes?

HTML5:
new Date(2010).toString()     'Thu Jan 01 1970 01:00:02 GMT+0100'
new Date("2010").toString()   'Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0100'

SWF10:
new Date(2010).toString()      'Thu Jan 1 01:00:02 GMT+0100 1970'
new Date("2010").toString()   'Invalid Date'

But then check the values for for Chrome, Rhino and Opera:
Chrome V8 (in Chrome browser)
new Date(2010).toString()      "Thu Jan 01 1970 01:00:02 GMT+0100 (CET)"
new Date("2010").toString()    "Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0100 (CET)"

Rhino JS engine:
new Date(2010).toString()       Thu Jan 01 1970 01:00:02 GMT+0100 (CET)
new Date("2010").toString()    Invalid Date

Opera Dragonfly:
new Date(2010).toString()      "Thu Jan 01 1970 01:00:02 GMT+0100"
new Date("2010").toString()    "Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0100"