topic Re: Maptip not displaying date in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Maptip not displaying date

JonPedder — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:26:30 GMT

Hello, I'm having a problem with date display, any help would be appreciated.

The following code is to display a Maptip when the mouse is hovered over a point on the map. The field ???date??? is displaying a string of 1299253388999 in place of the actual date. I???m not sure how to format that a string as date/time for display. Might it be that the field I'm referencing is incorrectly name (a reserved name) might that be causing the issue?

protected function clues_graphicAddHandler(event:GraphicEvent):void
   {
    event.graphic.toolTip = event.graphic.attributes.date + "\n";
    event.graphic.toolTip += event.graphic.attributes.verbal_description + "\n";
    event.graphic.toolTip += event.graphic.attributes.comments;
   }

Thanks

Jon

Re: Maptip not displaying date

DasaPaddock — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:52:32 GMT

Try:

event.graphic.toolTip = new Date(event.graphic.attributes.date) + "\n";

Re: Maptip not displaying date

JonPedder — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:11:17 GMT

Super, that displayed the date thanks very much. It's an extended format, any tips on formatting teh date/time more simply?

Thanks again

Re: Maptip not displaying date

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:06:17 GMT

Jon,

You will need to use a DateFormatter

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf648c2-7fff.html

Re: Maptip not displaying date

JonPedder — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:44:52 GMT

Perfect, thanks again