Date Formatter

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" verticalAlign="top"

    horizontalAlign="center" backgroundGradientColors="[#570A0A, #731F1F]" paddingTop="0" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]">

   

    <mx:Script>

        <![CDATA[

            import mx.events.ValidationResultEvent;           

            private var vResult:ValidationResultEvent;

            // Event handler to validate and format input.           

            private function Format():void

            {

                vResult = dateVal.validate();

                if (vResult.type==ValidationResultEvent.VALID) {

                    formattedDate.text=dateFormatter.format(dob.text);

                }

             

                else {

                    formattedDate.text= "";

                }

            }

        ]]>

    </mx:Script>

   

    <mx:DateFormatter id="dateFormatter" formatString="month: MM, day: DD, year: YYYY"/>

    <mx:DateValidator id="dateVal" source="{dob}" property="text" inputFormat="mm/dd/yyyy"/>

   

    <mx:Panel title="DateFormatter Example" layout="vertical" color="0xffffff" borderAlpha="0.15"

         paddingTop="10" paddingRight="10" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10" horizontalAlign="center" x="10" y="10">

        

         <mx:Form width="100%" color="0x323232">

            <mx:FormItem label="Enter date (mm/dd/yyyy):" width="100%">

                <mx:TextInput id="dob" text=""/>

            </mx:FormItem>

            <mx:FormItem label="Formatted date: " width="100%">

                <mx:Label id="formattedDate" text="" />

            </mx:FormItem>

            <mx:FormItem>

                <mx:Button label="Validate and Format" click="Format();"/>

            </mx:FormItem>

        </mx:Form>

       

    </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>