[Flashcoders] Compare two date ( how many days left )

2009-10-13 Thread ACE Flash
Hi there, I am using the date class in flash as3, I was wondering how to compare two date and return how may days left. for instance: my target date is 10/18/2009(mm/dd/), I would like to compare with the current date 10/13/2009, the script returns 5. something like var localDate:Date

Re: [Flashcoders] Compare two date ( how many days left )

2009-10-13 Thread Eric E. Dolecki
public static function getDaysBetweenDates(date1:Date,date2:Date):int { var one_day:Number = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 var date1_ms:Number = date1.getTime(); var date2_ms:Number = date2.getTime(); var difference_ms:Number = Math.abs(date1_ms - date2_ms) return Math.round(difference_ms/one_day); } On