getTime (Date.getTime method)
public getTime() : Number
Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1,
1970, universal time, for the specified Date object. Use this method
to represent a specific instant in time when comparing two or more
Date objects.
Availability
Flash
Lite 2.0
Example
The
following example uses the constructor to create a Date object based
on the current time, and uses the getTime() method
to return the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1, 1970:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
trace(my_date.getTime());
