The Date class will allow you to check the current date and time on a user's computer. You'll find this class valuable when developing widgets like an event count down clock. To work with the Date class, you must instantiate a Date object:

var myDate:Date = new Date();
trace(myDate);

When the Date object has been built, you can call methods or get properties of the Date class to get date and time values:

var myDate:Date = new Date();
trace(myDate.getDate());

The getDate() method gets the current day of the month.

The getMonth() method gets the month of the year as a number value. Numeric references to the current month are not the normal month numbers we are used to working with.

For example, January is equal to 0 and December is equal to 11. For display reasons, always add 1 to the returned month number to get the true calendar month value.

Available methods for getting Time and Date properties of the Date class are:

• getDate();
• getDay();
• getFullYear();
• getHours();
• getMilliseconds();
• getMinutes();
• getMonth();
• getSeconds();

Note: For a full description of each method search "date class" via the Flash help menu.

Easy.. now get fancy with it and tell us what you created..