RunPee.com has many places that deal with time, for instance when a peetime begins, and dates such as the day a movie comes out. So I’ve had to create a handful of simple conversion methods that I thought others might find handy. [ download source code ]
Translate minutes into an English phrase
Input -> integer number of minutes
Output -> readable string
Example: 81 -> 1 hour and 21 minutes
public static function convertTime_minutesToHoursMin( minutes:int ):String {
var _hours:int = Math.floor( minutes / 60 );
var _min:int = minutes % 60;
if( minutes == 0 ) {
return "less than a minute";
}
var _time:String;
if( _hours > 0 ) { // get hours and mintutes
_time = ( _hours > 1 ) ? _hours + " hours " : _hours + " hour ";
if( _min > 0 ) {
_time += ( _min > 1 ) ? "and " + _min + " minutes" : "and 1 minute";
}
} else { // just get minutes
_time = ( _min > 1 ) ? _min + " minutes" : "1 minute";
}
return _time;
}
Convert Date Object to MySQL date format
Input -> Date Object
Output -> String, corresponding to MySQL date format
Example: Date corresponding to: March 15, 2010 returns: 2010-03-15
public static function getMySQLDate( date:Date ):String {
var s:String = date.fullYear + '-';
// add the month
if( date.month < 10 ) {
s += '0' + ( date.month + 1 ) + '-';
} else {
s += ( date.month + 1 ) + '-';
}
// add the day
if( date.date < 10 ) {
s += '0' + date.date;
} else {
s += date.date;
}
return s;
}
Convert MySQL date to Actionscript Date object
Input -> String, corresponding to MySQL date format
Output -> Date Object
Example: String of 2010-03-15 returns Date Object corresponding to: March 15, 2010
public static function convertMySQLDateToActionscript( s:String ):Date {
var a:Array = s.split( '-' );
return new Date( a[0], a[1] - 1, a[2] );
}
Remember that MySQL dates use a 1-index for the month and Actionscript uses a 0-index for the month. That’s why the second term has: a[1] – 1;
Get Day name from Date
Input -> Date Object
Output -> String
Example: Date corresponding to March 15, 2010 returns Monday
public static function getDayNameFromDate( date:Date ):String {
switch( date.day ) {
case 0 :
return 'Sunday';
case 1 :
return 'Monday';
case 2 :
return 'Tuesday';
case 3 :
return 'Wednesday';
case 4 :
return 'Thursday';
case 5 :
return 'Friday';
case 6 :
return 'Saturday';
default :
return '';
}
}
Get name of Month from a Date Object
Input -> Date Object
Output -> String
Example: Date corresponding to March 15, 2010 returns March
public static function getMonthNameFromDate( date:Date ):String {
switch( date.month ) {
case 0 :
return 'January';
case 1 :
return 'February';
case 2 :
return 'March';
case 3 :
return 'April';
case 4 :
return 'May';
case 5 :
return 'June';
case 6 :
return 'July';
case 7 :
return 'August';
case 8 :
return 'September';
case 9 :
return 'October';
case 10 :
return 'November';
case 11 :
return 'December';
default :
return '';
}
}
Convert a MySQL timestamp to an Actionscript Date: via Pascal Brewing
public static function convertMySQLTimeStampToASDate( time:String ):Date{
var pattern:RegExp = /[: -]/g;
time = time.replace( pattern, ',' );
var timeArray:Array = time.split( ',' );
var date:Date = new Date( timeArray[0], timeArray[1]-1, timeArray[2],
timeArray[3], timeArray[4], timeArray[5] );
return date as Date;
}
Convert an Actionscript Date Object to a MySQL timestamp: via Pascal Brewing
public static function convertASDateToMySQLTimestamp( d:Date ):String {
var s:String = d.fullYear + '-';
s += prependZero( d.month + 1 ) + '-';
s += prependZero( d.day ) + ' ';
s += prependZero( d.hours ) + ':';
s += prependZero( d.minutes ) + ':';
s += prependZero( d.seconds );
return s;
}
private static function prependZero( n:Number ):String {
var s:String = ( n < 10 ) ? '0' + n : n.toString();
return s;
}
Here are a few methods that are useful for the time displays in a video player
Input the seconds and return a string of the form: hours:mins:secs
public static function convertSecondsTo_HoursMinsSec( seconds:int ):String {
var timeOut:String;
var hours:int = int( seconds / 3600 );
var mins:int = int( ( seconds - ( hours * 3600 ) ) / 60 )
var secs:int = seconds % 60;
if( isNaN( hours ) || isNaN( mins ) || isNaN( secs ) ) {
return "--:--:--";
}
var minS:String = ( mins < 10 ) ? "0" + mins : String( mins );
var secS:String = ( secs < 10 ) ? "0" + secs : String( secs );
var hourS:String = String( hours );
timeOut = hourS + ":" + minS + ":" + secS;
return timeOut;
}
Input the seconds and return a string of the form: mins:sec
public static function convertSecondsTo_MinsSec( seconds:int ):String {
var timeOut:String;
var mins:int = int( seconds / 60 )
var secs:int = seconds % 60;
if( isNaN( mins ) || isNaN( secs ) ) {
return "--:--";
}
var minS:String = ( mins < 10 ) ? "0" + mins : String( mins );
var secS:String = ( secs < 10 ) ? "0" + secs : String( secs );
timeOut = minS + ":" + secS;
return timeOut;
}
Input seconds and return a string of the form: hours:min
public static function getHoursMinutes( seconds:int ):String {
var timeOut:String;
var hours:int = int( seconds / 3600 );
var mins:int = int( ( seconds - ( hours * 3600 ) ) / 60 )
var secs:int = seconds % 60;
if( isNaN( hours ) || isNaN( mins ) || isNaN( secs ) ) {
return "--:--";
}
var minS:String = ( mins < 10 ) ? "0" + mins : String( mins );
var hourS:String = String( hours );
timeOut = hourS + ":" + minS;
return timeOut;
}
Why TronTime? Because I’m a geek and I name, some, of my classes after things from science fiction. The Tron class is where I keep most of my static utilities. I just pulled out the date/time methods into TronTime for organizational purposes.
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Pascal Brewing
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