Using this command, date and time values are retrieved which are relative to universal time or the operating system, on which flash is running.

To use the date object, create an instance of the date object.

Syntax :
variable name = new date ( );

New date (year, [month [, date [, hour [, minute [, second [, millisecond]])

Example :
a = new date ( );

Where a is the variable which holds the instance of date.

Get Date
The date can be retrieved from the current date using the Getdate ( ) method.

Syntax :
variable.getdate ( );

Example :
a = new date ( );
b = a.getdate ( );

where a holds the value of current date (i.e. 2001/07/10)
b holds the value as "10"

to lowercase ( )
Using this command the string which is typed in upper case can be converted to lowercase.

Syntax:
String.tolowercase() ;

Example:
x = "GALAXY",
trace(x.tolowercase( ) );

The output window will show "Galaxy"

to upper case ( )
Using this command, the lower case letters can be converted to uppercase letter.

Syntax :
string. to uppercase( );

Example :
x = "Galaxy"
Trace (x.touppercase() );

The output window will show "GALAXY"