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!!! :)

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

   Great!

   Thank you so much!

   Reply