[flexcoders] Re: DateFormatter and Date Timezone Issue

[Phil Heinz]

Thanks Doug - that was it. Sometimes you just can't see it even when
the answer is staring you in the face on the help page!

Thanks again, Phil

[flexcoders] Re: DateFormatter and Date Timezone Issue

[Doug Lowder]

Hi Phil,

You just have the wrong format string for your DateFormatter.  HH 
shows the hour as 1 through 24, which is one too many for 24-hour 
format (0-23).  You want the following:



JJ specifies the hour in 24-hour format.


--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Heinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> To illustrate this issue, I have the following application:
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> layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()">
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> The output in the two fields shows:
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> Tue Feb 26 16:16:32 GMT-0800 2008
> 02/26/08 17:16
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> Why does the date.toString show correct time, but the formatted date
> shows GMT-0700 instead? Don't they both use the client timezone?
> 
> This is a pretty simple example, I would expect both outputs would 
be
> the same time (clients timezone).
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> Any ideas?
> Thanks, Phil
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