MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING - Page 283

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intFormat Optional when creating a Lingo date object. An integer that specifies the new
date object.
intYearFormat Optional when creating a Lingo date object. An integer that specifies the four-
digit year of the new date object.
intMonthFormat Optional when creating a Lingo date object. An integer that specifies the two-
digit month of the new date object.
intDayFormat Optional when creating a Lingo date object. An integer that specifies the two-
digit day of the new date object.
month Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A string that specifies the month
of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 (January) to 11 (December).
dd Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A two-digit integer that specifies the
day of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).
yyyy Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A four-digit integer that specifies
the year of the new Date object.
hh Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A two-digit integer that specifies the
hour of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 (12:00am) to 23 (11:00pm).
mm Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A two-digit integer that specifies the
minute of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 to 59.
ss Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A two-digit integer that specifies the
seconds of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 to 59.
yy Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. A two-digit integer that specifies the
year of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 to 99.
milliseconds Optional when creating an JavaScript syntax Date object. An integer that specifies
the milliseconds of the new Date object. Valid values range from 0 to 999.
Example
These statements create and determine the number of days between two dates:
-- Lingo syntax syntax
myBirthday = date(19650712)
yourBirthday = date(19450529)
put("There are" && abs(yourBirthday - myBirthday) && "days between our \
birthdays.")
// JavaScript syntax
var myBirthday = new Date(1965, 07, 12);
var yourBirthday = new Date(1945, 05, 29);
put("There are " + Math.abs(((yourBirthday - myBirthday)/1000/60/60/24)) +
" days between our birthdays.");
These statements access an individual property of a date:
-- Lingo syntax syntax
myBirthday = date(19650712)
put("I was born in month number" && myBirthday.month)
// JavaScript syntax
var myBirthday = new Date(1965, 07, 12);
put("I was born in month number " + myBirthday.getMonth());