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setYear (Date.setYear method)
public setYear(year:Number) : Number
Sets the year for the specified Date object in local time and returns the new time in
milliseconds. Local time is determined by the operating system on which Flash Player is
running.
Parameters
year:Number - A number that represents the year. If year is an integer between 0 and 99,
setYear sets the year at 1900 + year; otherwise, the year is the value of the year parameter.
Returns
Number - An integer.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object with the date set to May 25, 2004, uses
setYear() to change the year to 1999, and changes the year to 2003:
var my_date:Date = new Date(2004,4,25);
trace(my_date.getYear()); // output: 104
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // output: 2004
my_date.setYear(99);
trace(my_date.getYear()); // output: 99
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // output: 1999
my_date.setYear(2003);
trace(my_date.getYear()); // output: 103
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // output: 2003
toString (Date.toString method)
public toString() : String
Returns a string value for the specified date object in a readable format.
Returns
String - A string.
Example
The following example returns the information in the dateOfBirth_date Date object as a
string. The output from the trace statements are in local time and vary accordingly. For Pacific
Daylight Time the output is seven hours earlier than universal time: Mon Aug 12 18:15:00
GMT-0700 1974.
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