Thanks guys (Tom and yourself), I want to stick with the
DateTimeAxis, for the very reason the you just mention.
my data is already collection of dates and want to/need to keep it
that way. So label function it is then. Thanks once again.
J.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, sunild99 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi,
Here are two approaches I've used:
1) Using a DateTimeAxis:
If the data representing your dates is in the format that can be
easily converted into a
Date object (see docs for the Date constructor), your DateTimeAxis
will understand the
dates implicitly. Otherwise, you need to write a parseFunction (see
DateTimeAxis docs) so
your data can be converted into a Date object.
Then as Tom suggested, use the labelFunction property to specify a
function that will
return a properly formatted date string ... in the labelFunction
use a DateFormatter to
print the dates in the UK format ( or just use the Date object's
toLocale method).
2) Using a CategoryAxis:
Instead of using a DateTimeAxis, consider using a CategoryAxis.
This approach is similar,
except now you don't need to worry about writing a parseFunction.
Just write a
labelFunction as described above.
The CategoryAxis won't deal with dates as nicely as DateTimeAxis,
but it works nicely for
fixed date ranges (it wouldn't be so good for doing a Google
Finance type of chart where
you can change time frames of the chart).
Check out the docs for the labelFunction and parseFunction
properties of the
DateTimeAxis (or CategoryAxis). They show the function signature
that's required, from
there it's easy :)
Sunil
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton tom.chiverton@
wrote:
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2008, gr33neye501 wrote:
The data is a collection of Date objects, and is displayed in US
format. I am trying to get the axis to display the date in
DD/YY/
or DD/MM/YY format.
Just use a label function on the Axis(Renderer).
--
Tom Chiverton
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