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488 ActionScript classes

See also

getDate (Date.getDate method)

getUTCDay (Date.getUTCDay method)

public getUTCDay() : Number

Returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, and so on) of the specified Date

object, according to universal time.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Returns

Number - An integer.

Example

The following example creates a new Date object and uses

Date.getUTCDay() and

Date.getDay(). The value returned by Date.getUTCDay() can differ from the value

returned by

Date.getDay(), depending on the relationship between your local time zone

and universal time.

var today_date:Date = new Date();

trace(today_date.getDay()); // output will be based on local timezone

trace(today_date.getUTCDay()); // output will equal getDay() plus or minus

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