Sexier title, more views??? Bizzare variable problem part II!

[GordonC]

I can now get my url encoded php generated variable into my flash movie which is comprised of one MC on the main timeline. The MC (called time) contains two dynamic textfields - "textfield" and "timezone".

The Actionscript attached to the the MC generates the current time based on the local server time, modified by the variable "timezone"

For example:

if (timezone != "local time" && timezone != "GMT") {
        timezone_hours = Number(timezone.substring(5,7));
        timezone_minutes = Number(timezone.substring(8,10));
        if (timezone.charAt(4) == "-") {
            timezone_hours *= -1;
            timezone_minutes *= -1;
        }

Previously, "timezone" was an internal flash parameter with a drop down list of various variables that would modify the server time - I want to replace the internal variable with a php generated one.

The problem: I can succesfully target the dynamic textfield called "timezone" with my external php variable - this however does not affect the "timezone" variable in the above actionscript, so instead of a modified time element, I get the default, or GMT time.

If I preface the above code with "timezone = "-08:00" for example, I get the correct time, that is pacific standard time displayed. I included the textfield "timezone" as a test to make sure that php was doing its job - why would the variable show up correctly there, but not in the actionscript???

A little illustration:

Main Timeline - MC(time) + actionscript
                                        |
                                        |
             texfield(textfield) textfield(timezone)

I hope this is clear!