DATE COMPARE FROM XML REVISITED

[Sammybobo]

Hi:

I am having the same problem as the one in thread250-791975. There was no answer posted then and I wonder if someone could give me a quick help.

I am extracting a date from an XML node in the form of: 2004,7,29. When I tried to convert it to date using the format below I get an "Invalid date" error:
x=new Date(myxmlnode)
But if I use a literal format like this, I have no error:
y=new Date(2004,7,29) // yields the date

Also, when I trace myxmlnode, it yields the right output: 2004,7,29

I need to use that to determine the number of weeks between that date and the current date. Please help!

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You have to give numbers to Date() rather than strings.
[tt]// (AS2)
var dateArray:Array = myxmlnode.split(",");
var year:Number = parseInt(dateArray[0]);
var month:Number = parseInt(dateArray[1])-1;
var date:Number = parseInt(dateArray[2]);
var xate = new Date(year, month, date);
trace(x);
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Sammybobo]

Thanks Kenneth for the help.