User Guide

482 ActionScript classes
See also
getMonth (Date.getMonth method), getDate (Date.getDate method), getFullYear
(Date.getFullYear method)
getDate (Date.getDate method)
public getDate() : Number
Returns the day of the month (an integer from 1 to 31) of the specified Date object according
to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which Flash Player is
running.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Returns
Number - An integer.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object and concatenates the returned values of
Date.getMonth(), Date.getDate(), and Date.getFullYear():
var today_date:Date = new Date();
var date_str:String = (today_date.getDate()+"/
"+(today_date.getMonth()+1)+"/"+today_date.getFullYear());
trace(date_str); // displays current date in United States date format
See also
getMonth (Date.getMonth method), getFullYear (Date.getFullYear method)
getDay (Date.getDay method)
public getDay() : Number
Returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, and so on) of the specified Date
object according to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which
Flash Player is running.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Returns
Number - An integer representing the day of the week.