Question

so I have a variable containing a date object. I want to convert it to a string in this format: dd/mm/yyyy. How could this be achieved?

Answer 1

You can use Flex 3.5 DateFormatter to format the date.

var fmt:DateFormatter = new DateFormatter();
fmt.formatString = "DD/MM/YYYY";
return fmt.format(date);

Or you can write your own:

function format(date:Date):String {

    function pad(n:int):String {
        return return n<10 ? '0'+n : n;
    }

    return pad(date.getDate()) + "/" +
     pad(date.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + 
     date.getFullYear();
}