Flex Builder, How do I sort this time ArrayCollection?

Question

How do I sort this time ArrayCollection? I need it to be sorted from earliest to latest.

"8:00am"
"2:00pm"
"10:00am"
"11:00am"
"12:00pm"
"7:00am"
"3:00pm"
"4:00pm"

Answer 1

See this ArrayCollection sorting utility:

http://cyrilmazur.com/2010/08/sort-arraycollection-flex.html

Should be a great starting/end point

Answer 2

Actually, this is collection of strings. To sort it, get Array from ArrayCollection with source property. Look into Array.sort method. You'll need to implement compare function to pass into sort method. The thing that left is how to tell which date is later - you can try parseDate, or break string into parts and count number of hours yourself.