Using DateFormatter in Flex 4

Question

I am having an error when using a dateFormatter in Flex 4 to format column of a Flex Datagrid.

The function is as follows:

public function dataGridFormatDateLabelFunction2(item:Object, dgColumn:Object):String
{
    var ret:String = "";
    var dt_len:Number = String(item[dgColumn.dataField]).length;

    if (dt_len > 4)
    {
        var date:Date=mx.controls.DateField.stringToDate(String(item[dgColumn.dataField]),"YYYY-MM-DD");
        ret = UIUtils.formatDate(date, "DD-MMM-YYYY");
    }
    return ret;     
}



But I am getting the following error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at mx.formatters::DateBase$/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::extractTokenDate()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\formatters\DateBase.as:450] at mx.formatters::StringFormatter/formatValue()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\formatters\StringFormatter.as:126] at mx.formatters::DateFormatter/format()[E:\dev\4.5.1\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\formatters\DateFormatter.as:640] at com.flexicious.utils::UIUtils$/formatDate()

Can someone please help me with this error? How can I handle it?

Thanks for your input.

Answer 1

Your date is not in "YYYY-MM-DD" and you are parsing it using that format.