The name of the actual locale ID used by this DateTimeFormatter object.

There are three possibilities for the value of the name, depending on operating system and the value of the requestedLocaleIDName parameter passed to the Collator() constructor.

1. If the requested locale was not LocaleID.DEFAULT and the operating system provides support for the requested locale, then the name returned is the same as the requestedLocaleIDName property.
2. If LocaleID.DEFAULT was used as the value for the requestedLocaleIDName parameter to the constructor, then the name of the current locale specified by the user's operating system is used. The LocaleID.DEFAULT value preserves user's customized setting in the OS. Passing an explicit value as the requestedLocaleIDName parameter does not necessarily give the same result as using the LocaleID.DEFAULT even if the two locale ID names are the same. The user might have customized the locale settings on their machine, and by requesting an explicit locale ID name rather than using LocaleID.DEFAULT your application would not retrieve those customized settings.

   For example:

   		 var fmt:DateTimeFormatter = new DateTimeFormatter(LocaleID.DEFAULT);
   		 var aliName:String = fmt.actualLocaleIDName;
   		 

   In the above example, aliName is the name of the locale corresponding to the user's current operating systems settings (e.g. "it-IT" if the user's locale is set to Italian-Italy), and not "i-default" (the name of the LocaleID.DEFAULT locale).

3. If the system does not support the requestedLocaleIDName specified in the constructor then a fallback locale ID name is provided.

   For Example:

    	 
   		 var fmt:DateTimeFormatter = new DateTimeFormatter("fr-CA"); 	 
   		 var aliName:String = fmt.actualLocaleIDName;
   		 

   Assuming that the operating system in the example above does not support the "fr-CA" (French-Canada) locale ID, a fallback is used. In this case the fallback locale ID is "fr-FR" (French-France).

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The status of previous operation that this DateTimeFormatter object performed. The lastOperationStatus property is set whenever the constructor or a method of this class is called, or another property is set. For the possible values see the description for each method.

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The name of the requested locale ID that was passed to the constructor of this DateTimeFormatter object.

If the LocaleID.DEFAULT value was used then the name returned is "i-default". The actual locale used can differ from the requested locale when a fallback locale is applied. The name of the actual locale can be retrieved using the actualLocaleIDName property.

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Constructs a new DateTimeFormatter object to format dates and times according to the conventions of the specified locale and the provided date and time formatting styles. Date and time styles are used to set date and time formatting patterns to predefined, locale dependent patterns from the operating system.

This constructor determines if the current operating system supports the requested locale ID name. If it is not supported then a fallback locale is used instead. The name of the fallback locale ID can be determined from the actualLocaleIDName property.

If a fallback is used for any of the requestedLocaleIDName, dateStyle or timeStyle parameters then the lastOperationStatus property is set to indicate the type of fallback.

To format based on the user's current operating system preferences, pass the value LocaleID.DEFAULT in the requestedLocaleIDName parameter to the constructor.

When the constructor is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

When the requested locale ID name is not available then the lastOperationStatus is set to one of the following:

• LastOperationStatus.USING_FALLBACK_WARNING
• LastOperationStatus.USING_DEFAULT_WARNING

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

For details on the warnings listed above and other possible values of the lastOperationStatus property see the descriptions in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Formats a display string for a Date object that is interpreted as being in the user's local time (using the local time components of the Date object such as: date, day, fullYear, hours, minutes, month, and seconds). The formatting is done using the conventions of the locale ID and the date style and time style, or customized date pattern and time pattern, specified for this DateTimeFormatter instance.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Formats a display string for a Date object that is interpreted as being in UTC time (using the UTC components of the Date object such as: dateUTC, dayUTC, fullYearUTC, hoursUTC, minutesUTC, monthUTC, and secondsUTC), according to the dateStyle, timeStyle or date time pattern. The formatting is done using the conventions of the locale ID and the date style and time style, or customized date pattern and time pattern, specified for this DateTimeFormatter instance.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Lists all of the locale ID names supported by this class.

If this class is not supported on the current operating system, this method returns a null value.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Gets the date style for this instance of the DateTimeFormatter. The date style is used to retrieve a predefined date formatting pattern from the operating system. The date style value can be set by the DateTimeFormatter() constructor, the setDateTimeStyles() method or the setDateTimePattern() method.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Returns the pattern string used by this DateTimeFormatter object to format dates and times.

This pattern can be set in one of three ways:

1. By the dateStyle and timeStyle parameters used in the constructor
2. By the setDateTimeStyles() method
3. By the setDateTimePattern() method.

For a description of the pattern syntax, see the setDateTimePattern() method.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Returns an integer corresponding to the first day of the week for this locale and calendar system. A value of 0 corresponds to Sunday, 1 corresponds to Monday, and so on, with 6 corresponding to Saturday.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Retrieves a list of localized strings containing the month names for the current calendar system. The first element in the list is the name for the first month of the year.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Gets the time style for this instance of the DateTimeFormatter. The time style is used to retrieve a predefined time formatting pattern from the operating system. The time style value can be set by the DateTimeFormatter() constructor, the setDateTimeStyles() method or the setDateTimePattern() method.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Retrieves a list of localized strings containing the names of weekdays for the current calendar system. The first element in the list represents the name for Sunday.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Sets the pattern string used by this DateTimeFormatter object to format dates and times.

The pattern used to format dates can be set in one of three ways:

1. By the dateStyle and timeStyle parameters used in the constructor
2. By the setDateTimeStyles() method
3. By this setDateTimePattern() method.

As a side effect this method overrides the current time and date styles for this DateTimeFormatter object and set them to the value DateTimeStyle.CUSTOM.

A pattern string defines how date and times are formatted. The pattern contains sequences of letters that are replaced with date and time values in the formatted string. For example, in the pattern "yyyy/MM" the characters "yyyy" are replaced with a four-digit year, followed by a "/" character, and the characters "MM" are replaced with a two-digit month.

Many of the letters used in patterns can be repeated more than once to produce different outputs, as described in the table below.

If a sequence exceeds the maximum number of letters supported by a pattern, it is mapped back to the longest supported sequence for that pattern letter. For example:

• MMMMMM is replaced with MMMM
• dddd is replaced with dd
• EEEEEEE is replaced with EEEE
• aa is replaced with a
• hhh is replaced with hh
• mmmm is replaced with mm

In theory a pattern can contain up to 255 characters, but some platforms have stricter limit. If the pattern exceeds the pattern character limit, the lastOperationStatus property is set to the value LastOperationStatus.PATTERN_SYNTAX_ERROR.

Not all possible patterns are supported on each operating system. If a pattern is not supported on the platform then a fallback pattern is used and the lastOperationStatus property is set to indicate the use of a fallback. If no reasonable fallback pattern can be provided, an empty string is used and the lastOperationStatus property is set to indicate that the pattern was unsupported.

The following table describes the valid pattern letters and their meaning.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Sets the date and time styles for this instance of the DateTimeFormatter. Date and time styles are used to set date and time formatting patterns to predefined, locale-dependent patterns from the operating system. This method replaces the styles that were set using the DateTimeFormatter() constructor or using the setDateTimePattern() method. The date and time pattern is also updated based on the styles that are set.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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This example uses the following locales: English (US), French (France), Spanish (Spain).

The example does the following for each locale in the list:

1. Creates a DateTimeFormatter object using the default style (long dateStyle, long timeStyle)
2. Formats the current date and time using the default long date style.
3. Change to a time-only short date style using the DateTimeStyle.NONE and DateTimeStyle.SHORT constants.
4. Formats the current date and time using the time-only short date style.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter;
    import flash.globalization.DateTimeStyle;
    
    public class DateTimeFormatterExample extends Sprite
    {    
    	private var localeList:Array = new Array("en-US", "fr-FR", "es-ES");
    
        public function DateTimeFormatterExample()
        {
            var date:Date = new Date();
            
        	for each (var locale:String in localeList) {
    			var dtf:DateTimeFormatter = new DateTimeFormatter(locale);
                trace('\n' + "LocaleID requested=" + dtf.requestedLocaleIDName 
                    + "; actual=" + dtf.actualLocaleIDName);
			
				var longDate:String = dtf.format(date);
				trace(longDate + " (" + dtf.getDateTimePattern() + ")");
			
				dtf.setDateTimeStyles(DateTimeStyle.NONE, DateTimeStyle.SHORT);
				var shortDate:String = dtf.format(date);
				trace(shortDate + " (" + dtf.getDateTimePattern() + ")");
        	}		
        }
    }
}

The example does the following for each locale in the list:

1. Creates three input and output text fields.
2. Creates a DateTimeFormatter object using the American English locale.
3. Calls the configureTextField() function which sets the position and size of the text fields and adds an event listener to the patternField object.
4. When the user enters pattern in the patternField text field, the textInputHandler function formats the current date and time using the pattern, and displays the result and the lastOperationStatus value the in output text fields.

 
package {  
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter;
    import flash.text.*;
    
    public class DateTimePatternExample extends Sprite
    {    
        private var patternField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var resultField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var statusField:TextField = new TextField();
       	private var date:Date = new Date();
 		private var dtf:DateTimeFormatter = new DateTimeFormatter("en-US");       	
 		
        private function configureTextField():void
        {
            patternField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            patternField.width = 300;
            patternField.height = 20;
            patternField.background = true;
            patternField.border = true;
            
            resultField.y = 40;
            resultField.width = 300;
            resultField.height = 20;
            
            statusField.y = 80;
            statusField.width = 300;
            statusField.height = 20;

            addChild(patternField);
            addChild(resultField);
            addChild(statusField);
            patternField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,textInputHandler);
        }

        private function textInputHandler(event:Event):void
        {		 		
    		dtf.setDateTimePattern(patternField.text);
    		statusField.text = dtf.lastOperationStatus;
    		resultField.text = dtf.format(date);
        }

        public function DateTimePatternExample()
        {
        	configureTextField();	
        }
    }
}