How can I create a count up calendar from designate period with actionscript 3.0???

[hoh76520153]

e.g 5/7/2010 to 14/3/2016

[kglad]

var date1=new Date(2016,2,14);

var date2=new Date(2010,6,5);

var daysBetweenDates:Number=(date1.time-date2.time)/(1000*60*60*24);

[hoh76520153]

Then, should be like this???I'm totally not good at actionscript....the script is based on "http://html-tuts.com/count-up-timer-in-flash-actionscript-2/"

var date1=new Date(2016,2,14);

var date2=new Date(2010,6,5);

var daysBetweenDates:Number=(date1.time-date2.time)/(1000*60*60*24);

timerClip.onEnterFrame = function() {

if (this._currentframe == 30) {

second += 1;

// Day

if (Day> 30) {

Day= 0;

Day.text = "0" + second;

Month+= 1;

// Month

if (Month>= 10) {

Month.text = minute;

} else {

Month.text = "0" + Month;

}

// Year

if (Month> 12) {

Month= 0;

Month.text = "0" + Month;

Year+= 1;

}

} else {

if (Day>= 10) {

Day.text = Day;

} else {

Day.text = "0" + Day;

}

}

}

}

[kglad]

1.  are you using an old version of flash pro?

2.  are you publishing for as2?

3.  what exactly do you want your users to see?

[hoh76520153]

Sorry for insufficient information

actually, i just wanna make a video and the count up period is part of the video.

just wanna show the date going from past to now (e.g 5/7/2010 to 14/3/2016), counting up the date let said 10 days/one second and finally it take around 1-2 mins to finish the count action.

I'm using adobe flash CC 2014, and the final product run in android.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

so i assume you're not using an old version of flash and you're not using actionscript 2.

use:

var count:int = 0;

var current_date:Date=new Date();

var past_date:Date=new Date(2010,6,5);

var daysBetweenDates:Number=(date1.time-date2.time)/(1000*60*60*24);

var t:Timer=new Timer(100,0);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,countdownF);

t.start();  // execute this line when you want to start the countdown display

function countdownF(e:TimerEvent):void{

tf.text = 'Days since '+formatF(current_date)+' : '+count;

count++;

if(count>daysBetweenDates){

t.stop();

}

}

function formatF(d:Date):String{

var mo:String = (d.month+1).toString();

while(mo.length<2){

mo='0'+mo;

}

var dateS:String = d.date.toString();

while(dateS.length<2){

dateS='0'+dateS;

}

return dateS+'/'+mo+'/'+d.fullYear;

}

[hoh76520153]

Ummm....it's not working...the date didn't count up, only a number count just next to the past_date

E.G. 6/5/2010 01...6/5/2010 02...

Maybe becoz of poor knowledge of actionscript

maybe i need to do 2000time for F6 to create keyframe and change the date by hand...

[kglad]

are you sure you're using as3?

do you have a textfield named tf to display the countdown?

did you make the obvious changes to the 3rd line:

var daysBetweenDates: Number = (current_date.time - past_date.time) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);

and there's an typo in the text assignment.  instead of

tf.text = 'Days since '+formatF(current_date)+' : '+count;

that should be

tf.text = 'Days since '+formatF(past_date)+' : '+count;

[hoh76520153]

are you sure you're using as3?  ----yes I am using as3

do you have a textfield named tf to display the countdown? -------yes i did

did you make the obvious changes to the 3rd line:

var daysBetweenDates: Number = (current_date.time - past_date.time) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24); ----sure, I did it

and there's an typo in the text assignment.  instead of

tf.text = 'Days since '+formatF(current_date)+' : '+count; - Yes i corrected it

that should be

tf.text = 'Days since '+formatF(past_date)+' : '+count;

then the result:

Days since: 5/6/2010 01

Days since: 5/6/2010 02

...

Days since: 5/6/2010 10

[kglad]

is the result what you want?

[hoh76520153]

Of coz not....

should be like this

5/6/2010

6/6/2010

7/6/2010

...

7/6/2015

[kglad]

then use,

var current_date: Date = new Date();

var next_date: Date = new Date(2010, 6, 5);

var t: Timer = new Timer(100, 0);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdownF);

t.start(); // execute this line when you want to start the countdown display

function countdownF(e: TimerEvent): void {

    tf.text = formatF(next_date);

    if (next_date.date==current_date.date&&next_date.month==current_date.month&&next_date.fullYear==current_date.fullYear) {

        t.stop();

    }

    next_date=new Date(next_date.time+24*60*60*1000);

}

function formatF(d: Date): String {

    var mo: String = (d.month + 1).toString();

    while (mo.length < 2) {

        mo = '0' + mo;

    }

    var dateS: String = d.date.toString();

    while (dateS.length < 2) {

        dateS = '0' + dateS;

    }

    return dateS + '/' + mo + '/' + d.fullYear;

}

[hoh76520153]

thanks for your help

I think...I cant make it.

umm...many error and I cant find it..............

I give up, anyway thanks!!!

[kglad]

create a new fla

add a textfield to the stage and assign it an instance name of tf

copy and paste that code into the actions panel

any problem?