get Date and Time AS3

var today_date:Date = new Date();
var thismonth:uint = today_date.getMonth();
var today_time;
var currentTime:Date = new Date();
var minutes = currentTime.getMinutes();
var seconds = currentTime.getSeconds();
var hours = currentTime.getHours() * 30 + currentTime.getMinutes() / 2;

var mnth:Array = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
var fileName:String = (today_date.getDate()+mnth[thismonth]+today_date.getFullYear()+"_"+currentTime.hours + currentTime.minutes + currentTime.seconds);
trace(fileName);// displays current date in United States date format



/*var now:Date = new Date();
trace(now.getTime());
trace(now.valueOf());
var fileName = now.valueOf().toString();*/