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(ActionScript 3) AS3 Get formatted time from dirty timestamp string

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:20:17 GMT

I was working on a project where the timestamp string I was getting from the backend developer was pretty dirty in the way it was formatted. For example, it looked like "/Date(1310127448000+0100)/". I needed to get a nicely formatted time from it in the format hrs:mins

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Load and access JSON data example

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:33:20 GMT

For this to work you need the as3corelib classes from here ... https://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Simple digital clock

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:48:01 GMT

This example expects there to be a dynamic textfield on the stage with the instance name of 'myTextFieldOnStage'. Remember to embed the fonts (Numerals and Colon).

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Round Decimal Places

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:10:59 GMT

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Get the Current Date in the Format YYMMDD (Reverse format)

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:59:49 GMT

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Format the Text of a TextArea Component

Tue, 11 May 2010 14:38:12 GMT

To style the text in a TextArea component, create a TextFormat object and pass it to the TextArea's setStyle method.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Format a UK Postcode (eg. AA99 9AA)

Mon, 10 May 2010 08:02:34 GMT

This code removes all the spaces and then inserts a single space so that the there are only 3 characters on the right-hand side (the inward code).

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Format a UK Mobile Number (XXXXX XXXXXX)

Fri, 07 May 2010 11:15:23 GMT

This returns a string with a single space after the fifth character. Useful for displaying a UK mobile number which is easy to read.

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Checks a String to see if it is a Valid Email Format

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:21:59 GMT

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Checks and Returns Valid UK Postcode using Regular Expression

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:54:43 GMT

(ActionScript 3) AS3 Loading and Using an External CSS File

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:55:29 GMT

(ActionScript 3) Format a Number to a String - With decimals and thousands separator

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:25:12 GMT

Format a number so it is more humanly readable. It allows for setting the number of decimal places (inc. adding 0000s to the end) and separating thousands with a comma. Example usage: trace(numberFormat(1234.695, 2, true, false)); // Output: 1,234.70 trace(numberFormat(16000000, 0, false, false)); // Output: 16,000,000