Compile up the following Flex 2 app, and enter 22/3/06 in the top box, then press the parse button.
I'm in the UK (where dates go dd/mm/yy) and would expect the answer to be 22nd March 2006, not 3rd October 1907 (I'm guessing this is 0006+22 months+3 days). But even in the US (where dates go mm/dd/yy), that can't be a sensible parse of the string, can it ? Shouldn't it throw an invalid date format at that point, because there aren't 22 months in a year ? Or at least start counting from the correct century ? Can anyone (esp. in the UK) confirm this, in which case I'll enter it in the wish list - the Flash player should be able to get my locale and sort out date parsing correctly. In the mean time, I suppose I'll have to write my own parser :-( <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ // Event handler to validate and format input. private function format():void { var d:Date=new Date(str.text); dat.text=d.toString(); dat2.text=d.toLocaleDateString(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:TextInput id="str" text="" width="50%"/> <mx:Button label="parse" click="format()" /> <mx:TextInput id="dat" width="50%" /> <mx:TextInput id="dat2" width="50%" /> </mx:Application> -- Tom Chiverton Helping to collaboratively transition high-yield e-business **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
