The following example shows how you can add suffixes to month names and years in the Flex DateField control by setting the monthSymbol and yearSymbol properties.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/15/adding-suffixes-to-month-names-and-years-in-the-datefield-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="monthSymbol:">
                <mx:TextInput id="monthSuffix" maxChars="3" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="yearSymbol:">
                <mx:TextInput id="yearSuffix" maxChars="3" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:DateField id="dateField"
            monthSymbol="{monthSuffix.text}"
            yearSymbol="{yearSuffix.text}" />

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

One Response to Adding suffixes to month names and years in the DateField control

  1. Dhells says:

    Hi… How can I change the month number into month-word when displayed?

    thanks…

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