Format Date & Time

First you will need a DateFormatter

<mx:DateFormatter id="formatDateTime" formatString="EEEE, MMM. D, YYYY at H:NN:SS A"/>

[Bindable] private var time:String;

private var ticker:Timer;

public function showTime():void

{

var currentTime:Date = new Date();

this.time = formatDateTime.format(currentTime); 

this.ticker = new Timer(1,1);

this.ticker.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, onTimerComplete);

this.ticker.start();

}

public function onTimerComplete(event:TimerEvent):void

{

showTime();

} 

Pattern	Example
Year
YY	09 (Year Number Short)
YYY	2009 (Year Number Full)
YYYY	02009 (I have no clue why you would need this)
Month
M	7 (Month Number Short)
MM	07 (Month Number Full)
MMM	Jul (Month Name Short)
MMMM	July (Month Name Full)
Day
D	4 (Day Number Short)
DD	04 (Day Number Full)
Day Name
E	1 (Day Number Short)
EE	01 (Day Number Full)
EEE	Mon (Day Name Short)
EEEE	Monday (Day Name Full)
A	AM/PM
J	Hour in day (0-23)
H	Hour in day (1-24)
K	Hour in AM/PM (0-11)
L	Hour in AM/PM(1-12)
N	3 (Minutes)
NN	03 (Minutes)
SS	30 (Seconds)