testing timeparsing

by tjoen forked from Chapter 7 Example 3 (diff: 4)
♥0 | Line 9 | Modified 2010-11-07 00:03:27 | MIT License
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ActionScript3 source code

/**
 * Copyright tjoen ( http://wonderfl.net/user/tjoen )
 * MIT License ( http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php )
 * Downloaded from: http://wonderfl.net/c/cdjh
 */

// forked from actionscriptbible's Chapter 7 Example 3
package {
  import com.actionscriptbible.Example;
  
  public class ch7ex3 extends Example {
    public function ch7ex3() {

      var d:Date = new Date(2010, 11, 9, 21, 0, 0, 0);
      //at the stroke of midnight Jan. 1, 1970,
      //what time was it in YOUR timezone?
      trace(d); // Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 GMT-0800 1969 (that's in Los Angeles.)
      
      //OR: when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 1970 in your home,
      //what epoch time was that?
      
      //trace(Date.parse("11/09/1975")); // 28800000 (in LA)
     
    }
  }
}