Question

How to fix date to retrieve minutes/hours with zeros ?

e.g. it’s 05:09 AM >

trace(_date.getHours()+":"+_date.getMinutes());  //5:9

but i want 05:09 instead of 5:9 – so how to add zeros ??

    var _date = new Date();

    ...

    _min = _date.getMinutes();

    //fix date:
                var _str:String = _min.toFixed(1);
                _min = Number(_str);

    trace(_date.getHours()+":"+_date.getMinutes());

= 5:9 …. -_-

what’s wrong ?

Answer 1

You can format it with something like:

minutes_txt:String = _date.getMinutes() < 10 ? “0” + _date.getMinutes() : _date.getMinutes();

which will pad a zero if the minutes is less than 10, and then just trace that instead of only _date.getMinutes