User Guide

248 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Date.getSeconds()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.getSeconds() : Number
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the seconds (an integer from 0 to 59) of the specified Date object, according
to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which Flash Player is running.
Example
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time and
uses the
getSeconds() method to return the seconds value from that object:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getSeconds());