ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Date.getDate() Method

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// Takes any Date object and returns a string of the format:

// Saturday December 16

function formatDate (theDate) {

var months = ["January", "February", "March", "April",

"May", "June", "July", "August", "September",

"October", "November", "December"];

var days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday",

"Friday", "Saturday"];

var dateString = days[theDate.getDay()] + " "

+ months[theDate.getMonth()] + " "

+ theDate.getDate();

return dateString;

}

now = new Date();

trace("Today is " + formatDate(now));

The next example shows how to convert the 24-hour clock return value of getHours() to a

12-hour clock with AM and PM:

// Takes any Date object and returns a string of the format:

// "2:04PM"

function formatTime (theDate) {

var hour = theDate.getHours();

var minute = theDate.getMinutes() > 9 ?

theDate.getMinutes() : "0" + theDate.getMinutes();

if (hour > 12) {

var timeString = (hour - 12) + ":" + minute + "PM";

} else {

var timeString = hour + ":" + minute + "AM";

}

return timeString;

}

now = new Date();

trace("The time is " + formatTime(now));

For an example that uses the Date class to create an analog-style clock, see “Building a

Clock with Clips” in Chapter 13. Note that programming time-based behavior, such as ...