<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <!-- Simple example to demonstrate the DateFormatter. -->
  <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
  
      <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" width="95%" height="95%" 
              paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="5" paddingRight="5" paddingBottom="10">
  
          <mx:Form width="100%">
              <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:TextInput id="formattedDate" text="" editable="false"/>
              </mx:FormItem>
  
              <mx:FormItem>
                  <mx:Button label="Validate and Format" click="Format();"/>
              </mx:FormItem>
          </mx:Form>
  
      </mx:Panel>
  </mx:Application>