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See also
getMonth (Date.getMonth method), getFullYear (Date.getFullYear method)
getDay (Date.getDay method)
public getDay() : Number
Returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, and so on) of the specified Date
object according to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which
Flash Player is running.
Returns
Number - An integer representing the day of the week.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object and uses getDay() to determine the current
day of the week:
var dayOfWeek_array:Array = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday",
"Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
var today_date:Date = new Date();
var day_str:String = dayOfWeek_array[today_date.getDay()];
trace("Today is "+day_str);
getFullYear (Date.getFullYear method)
public getFullYear() : Number
Returns the full year (a four-digit number, such as 2000) of the specified Date object,
according to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which Flash
Player is running.
Returns
Number - An integer representing the year.
Example
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object. The trace statement
shows the value returned by the getFullYear() method.
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getYear()); // displays 104
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // displays current year
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