Hi Dale, This is as close as you're going to get out of the box:
var df : DateFormatter = new DateFormatter(); df.formatString = "EEEE, MMMM DD, YYYY"; var newDate:Date = new Date(); dateLabel.text = df.format(newDate); -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Dale Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way to format a date/time. > For example if I use some thing like > > var newDate:Date = new Date(); > dateLabel.text = newDate.toDateString(); > > what I get is something like 'Mon Aug 25 2008' and what I want is > something like 'Monday, August 25th, 2008'. I would have thought this > would be straightforward but I can't seem to find a way for formatting > these dates. > > Dale >