Question

I’ve developed an FLEX application for distributed data administration. When our Asian employees specify a date, it will be saved +1 day.

If I check my timezone offset it is +60, their offset is +520.

var dNow:Date = new Date();
    trace("Your time zone offset: " + dNow.getTimezoneOffset() + " minutes");

I assume this is the problem? If so, would you suggest that I correct the entered date by 460 minutes before sending it to our server for saving? How to do that?

Answer 1

Finally I’ve implemented this solution:

get the data from the server as ISO String (with coldfusion to a MS SQL Server):

SELECT CONVERT(varchar, CONTRACTED_DELIVERY, 104) AS CONTRACTED_DELIVERY
FROM (...)
WHERe (...)

then when receiving it I convert it in the ValueObject (following the Cairngorm framework):

            if (obj.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY != null){
            this.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY = DateField.stringToDate(obj.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY,"DD.MM.YYYY");
        }else{
            this.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY = obj.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY;
        }

to send the date to the server as ISO String:

UPDATE (...)
SET CONTRACTED_DELIVERY = <cfif productionDetails.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY EQ ''>null<cfelse>'#dateFormat(productionDetails.CONTRACTED_DELIVERY,"YYYY-MM-DD")#'</cfif>
WHERE (...)

Feel free to ask for additional information!