Hi, I use DateField.selectedDate.valueOf() to get the epoch time and use that for all my date comparisons.
Hope that helps, cheers, Angela --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "johantrax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a custom DateValidator (subclassing it in AS) which adds 2 > properties to the existing one: minDate:Date and maxDate:Date > > What I'd like to do is compare the dates to see if the inputted date > is within the correct range. However, I can't tell which inputFormat > f.e. a DateField will have, since it is configurable through it's > formatString-property. > I have some problems with parsing this value (of the DateField) back > to a date, since Date.parse() doesn't support the format "DD/MM/YYYY" > > I'd like to know if there is a parse-method in which we can provide > the format of the string as a parameter, sth like > Date.parse(value:String, format:String = null) > would be wonderful > > This validator is to be used in form where a user can input a start- > and enddate, and to check if startdate=<enddate. If there is any other > method to do this, please share.. > > Thanks, > --Johan >
