setDate (Date.setDate method)
public setDate(date:Number) : Number
Sets the day of the month for the specified Date object, according to local time, and returns
the new time in milliseconds. Local time is determined by the operating system on which
Flash Player is running.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Parameters
- An integer from 1 to 31.
date:Number
Returns
- An integer.
Number
Example
The following example initially creates a new Date object, setting the date to May 15, 2004,
and uses
Date.setDate()
var today_date:Date = new Date(2004,4,15);
trace(today_date.getDate()); //displays 15
today_date.setDate(25);
trace(today_date.getDate()); //displays 25
setFullYear (Date.setFullYear method)
public setFullYear(year:Number, [month:Number], [date:Number]) : Number
Sets the year of the specified Date object, according to local time and returns the new time in
milliseconds. If the
month
time is determined by the operating system on which Flash Player is running.
Calling this method does not modify the other fields of the specified Date object but
and
Date.getUTCDay()
changes as a result of calling this method.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Parameters
- A four-digit number specifying a year. Two-digit numbers do not represent
year:Number
four-digit years; for example, 99 is not the year 1999, but the year 99.
[optional] - An integer from 0 (January) to 11 (December). If you omit this
month:Number
parameter, the month field of the specified Date object will not be modified.
to change the date to May 25, 2004:
and
parameters are specified, they are set to local time. Local
date
can report a new value if the day of the week
Date.getDay()
Date
493
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