How to Compare Two Dates in AS3

Posted by robert | Filed under ActionScript 3

var daysApart = getDaysBetweenDates(new Date(), new Date(2011, 1, 11))
trace(daysApart);
 
function getDaysBetweenDates(date1:Date,date2:Date):int
{
    var oneDay:Number = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    var date1Milliseconds:Number = date1.getTime();
    var date2Milliseconds:Number = date2.getTime();        
    var differenceMilliseconds:Number = Math.abs(date1Milliseconds - date2Milliseconds);
    return Math.round(differenceMilliseconds/oneDay);
}

Comments (3) | February 10th, 2011

3 Responses to “How to Compare Two Dates in AS3”

  1. Josh Says:
    July 9, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    This was super useful!!! thanks :D

    Reply
  2. Victor Says:
    April 22, 2014 at 10:09 am

    Thanks!!! :)

    Reply
  3. Kotipelto Says:
    November 10, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    Great!

    Thank you so much!

    Reply

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