FLASH® LITE™ 2.x - Adobe Help and Support

Example
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time,
and uses the getMinutes() method to return the minutes value from that object:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getMinutes());
getMonth (Date.getMonth method)
public getMonth() : Number
Returns the month (0 for January, 1 for February, 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.
Example
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time
and uses the getMonth() method to return the month value from that object:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getMonth());
The following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based on the current time
and uses the getMonth() method to display the current month as a numeric value, and
display the name of the month.
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getMonth());
trace(getMonthAsString(my_date.getMonth()));
function getMonthAsString(month:Number):String {
var monthNames_array:Array = new Array("January", "February", "March",
"April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October",
"November", "December");
return monthNames_array[month];
}
getSeconds (Date.getSeconds method)
public getSeconds() : Number
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.
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