User Guide

484 ActionScript classes
Example
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time
and uses the
getHours() method to display hour values from that object:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getHours());
var my_date:Date = new Date();
var hourObj:Object = getHoursAmPm(my_date.getHours());
trace(hourObj.hours);
trace(hourObj.ampm);
function getHoursAmPm(hour24:Number):Object {
var returnObj:Object = new Object();
returnObj.ampm = (hour24<12) ? "AM" : "PM";
var hour12:Number = hour24%12;
if (hour12 == 0) {
hour12 = 12;
}
returnObj.hours = hour12;
return returnObj;
}
getMilliseconds (Date.getMilliseconds method)
public getMilliseconds() : Number
Returns the milliseconds (an integer from 0 to 999) 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 uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time
and uses the
getMilliseconds() method to return the milliseconds value from that object:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getMilliseconds());