Question

Here is the code I am trying

        public static const millisecondsPerDay:int = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
        var sixMonthsInMilis:int = 182 * millisecondsPerDay;
        var sixMonthsInTheFuture:Date = new Date();
        sixMonthsInTheFuture.setTime(sixMonthsInTheFuture.getTime() + sixMonthsInMilis );
        var sixMonthsInThePast:Date = new Date();
        sixMonthsInThePast.setTime(sixMonthsInThePast.getTime() - sixMonthsInMilis);

The one thats meant to be in the past is a few days in the future, the other a few days in the past. A far cry from the 6 months I am after

Any Ideas?

Answer 1

var today:Date = new Date();
today.setMonth(today.getMonth() + 6);
var sixMonthsInTheFuture:Date = today;
var anotherToday:Date = new Date();
anotherToday.setMonth(anotherToday.getMonth() - 6);
var sixMonthsInThePast:Date = anotherToday;

trace(sixMonthsInTheFuture);
trace(sixMonthsInThePast);

For me, this returns

Mon May 28 14:03:32 GMT+0530 2012
Sat May 28 14:03:32 GMT+0530 2011

Which seems fair enough, right?