I would store it in a format that both PHP and Flex understand and can manipulate (i.e. epoch milliseconds). That way you can convert it to either a PHP date object or a Flex date object for convenience when you need to.
Cheers, Brian On 3/20/07, Sam Shrefler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Kevin: > > I dont' use AMFPHP so I can't specifically help you with that situation, but > to your first question: I would recommend figuring out a way to get your > PHP DateTypes to automatically transfer to Date type's in Flex. I went down > both roads (Date and String in flex) and found that there is a Date Type in > Flex for a reason. It makes your life easier when dealing with Dates, > especially comparing, sorting and performing Date arithmetic. So my > recommendation would be to make the extra effort to get your Object to > transfer correctly typed properties... > > Sam > > > > On 19 Mar 2007 17:51:09 -0700, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Should Dates & Times be stored as Strings in Flex VO's? > > > > If not, what is the proper way to assign a value from the server > > (which generally comes in as a string) to a Date type in a Flex VO? > > > > I have been struggling with this. I am using AMFPHP and mapping my > > PHP objects to Flex for calls returned from the server, however, my > > date fields are not mapping. Does a setter function get call when > > you are doing VO mapping?? > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > Thanks, Kevin > > > > > > -- Brian Dunphy
