[FLEX-15896] DateFormatter bug with negative timezoneOffset

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
• Component/s: Formatters
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Browser: Firefox 2.x; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 29/Sep/08 06:26
• Updated: 24/Aug/09 23:56
• Resolved: 13/Aug/09 12:45

Description

Flex 3 / 3.0.0 / Build 477

Steps to reproduce:
1. Run the following code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="cc()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
private function cc(): void

{ var myDateFormatter: DateFormatter = new DateFormatter(); var myDate: Date = new Date(0); trace(myDate.timezoneOffset); //returns -60 (Due to the fact that I am in Germany) myDateFormatter.formatString = "JJ:NN"; trace(myDateFormatter.format(myDate)); //returns an empty string }

]]
>
</mx:Script>

</mx:Application>

Actual Results:

DateFormatter returns an empty string

Expected Results:

String "00:00"

Workaround (if any):

Don't use the time 0 (which probably is 1/1/1970 00:00) when there is a negative timezoneOffset