Converting between dates and strings using the DateField class and methods in it,in Flex.

In DateField Class there are methods like dateToString() stringToDate() toDateString(). so by using these methods we can define our code.

First import the required package and class in it.

import mx.controls.DateField;

The following example explains the need:

var birthday:String = “16/10/1984″;

var birthdayDate:Date = DateField.stringToDate(birthday, “DD/MM/YYYY”);

labelbirthday.text=birthdayDate.toDateString();

<mx:Label id=”labelbirthday” />

Here first the string birthday is converted into Date using the method stringToDate() and then convert it into DateString using the method toDateString();.Thats all the label prints the birthday in string format as “Tue Oct 16 1984″.

Now its similar to convert a Date into String using the methos,dateToString().The below Example shows it.

var today:Date = new Date();

var todayString:String = DateField.dateToString(today, “DD/MM/YYYY”);
todayLabel.text = todayString;

Now the todayLabel get the today date in string.Thats it Enjoy the code.