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Example
The following example creates a new Date object defined in universal time.
maryBirthday_date
This is the universal time variation of the example used for the constructor method.
new Date
var maryBirthday_date:Date = new Date(Date.UTC(1974, 7, 12));
trace(maryBirthday_date);
// output will be in local time and will vary accordingly
// for Pacific Daylight Time the output will be seven hours earlier than UTC:
// Sun Aug 11 17:00:00 GMT-0700 1974
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