I'm writing a MXML component to display the timestamp in a label:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" width="738" height="36"
backgroundColor="#05075C">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
public function timestamp()ate{
var timestampate = new Date();
return timestamp;
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Label text="{timestamp()}" color="#FEFEFE" height="20" y="10"
textAlign="left" enabled="true"/>
</mx:Canvas>
The label was as {timestamp()}, not the Date information. The curly
brace does not work here.

Hi

I tried your code and the label displayed the time, so I don't see a text like {timestamp()}.

Cheers

dietmar

I'm using Flex3 Builder. I can not run the code as it is just a MXML component.
I was hoping to see the time under the
"design" tab, but it only shows the {timestamp()}. Once I embed the code in
<mx:Application ...> </mx:Application>, I got a compilation error that says
timestamp() is a duplicated function definition and incompatible override. I
changed the function to timestamp2() and run it, the time shows up.

Is there a standard pre-defined timestamp function in Flex3?

When I put your code directly in an app it works fine:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
public function timestamp()ate{
var timestampate = new Date();
return timestamp;
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Canvas width="738" height="36" backgroundColor="#05075C">
<mx:Label text="{timestamp()}" color="#FEFEFE" height="20"
y="10" textAlign="left" enabled="true"/>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:Application>