[Flashcoders] Quick n diarty date request

2006-05-02 Thread Pete Hotchkiss
Is there a simple way to check if an instance of a date function is today. Ie var foo = new Date(); trace(foo); var bar = new Date(2006, 04, 02); trace(bar) trace(foo == bar); Obviously that returns false as the time is incorrect. There must be a simple way ? Pete

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick n diarty date request

2006-05-02 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
you ca try comparing elements of it such as getDate() and getMonth() instead of the whole thing var today=new Date(); trace(today.getMonth()); On 5/2/06, Pete Hotchkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a simple way to check if an instance of a date function is today. Ie var foo = new

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick n diarty date request

2006-05-02 Thread Paul BH
it depends on your level of accuracy: lets say you want to know if the date was the same day: var allowedDiff:Number = 24*60*60*1000 //24 hours,60 mins,60 secs, 1000 millisecs trace(Math.abs(date1.getTime()-date2.getTime)allowedDiff) On 5/2/06, Manuel Saint-Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Flashcoders] Quick n diarty date request

2006-05-02 Thread Helen Triolo
Maybe there's something simpler, but here are two date functions (public static functions I have in a date utility class) that I use all the time (and would work for your case): function dateFromString(s:String):Date { var yr:Number = Number(s.substr(0, 4)); var m:Number =