Date Format craziness

[bitwyse]

I have a DateChooser {dateChooserWeekEnding}

When I update the bound DateObject the display changes from MM/DD/YY (
04/14/2008 ) to ddd, mmm dd yyy ( Mon, Apr 10 2008 ). If I update the field
again ( same code ) it changes back to the MM/DD/YYYY format. I can not figure
out why. When I debug the code, the date is always MM/DD/YYYY that I am giving
the object yet this still happens. Any ideas as to why?



This is the global date object .
[Bindable] public var dsWeekEndingDate : DateStuff = new DateStuff();

This is the DateStuff class . . .

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Copyright (C) 2008 PSC Group LLC and its licensors.
// All Rights Reserved. The following is Source Code and is subject to all
// restrictions on such code as contained in the End User License Agreement
// accompanying this product.
//
// History
// 03.20.2008 Steven Rieger : Created Class.
//

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

package com.psc.utils
{

[RemoteClass(alias="com.psc.eis.util.DateStuff")]

[Bindable]
public class DateStuff
{

public static const oneMillisecond : int = 1000;
public static const oneMinute : int = oneMillisecond * 60;
public static const oneHour : int = oneMillisecond * 60 * 60;
public static const oneDay : int = oneMillisecond * 60 * 60 * 24;

private var _weekEndingDay : int = 5;

private var _weekEndingDate : Date;

public function DateStuff( aDateStr : String = "" ) : void
{
if( aDateStr != "" )
_weekEndingDate = new Date( aDateStr );
else
_weekEndingDate = new Date();

// Calculate the week ending date. . .
var dayOfWeek : int = _weekEndingDate.day;
if( dayOfWeek != _weekEndingDay )
_weekEndingDate = new Date( _weekEndingDate.getTime() + ( oneDay * (
_weekEndingDay - dayOfWeek ) ) );
else
_weekEndingDate = _weekEndingDate;
}

public function get weekEndingDay() : int
{
return _weekEndingDay;
}

public function set weekEndingDay( weekEndingDay : int ) : void
{
this._weekEndingDay = weekEndingDay;
}

public function get weekEndingDate() : Date
{
return _weekEndingDate;
}

public function set weekEndingDate( weekEndingDate : Date ) : void
{
this._weekEndingDate = new Date( weekEndingDate );
}
}
}


Here is where I display the date . . .
<mx:DateField id="dateChooserWeekEnding"
disabledDays="{disabledDaysOfWeek}"
selectableRange="{{rangeStart : new Date(
dsWeekEndingDate.weekEndingDate.getTime() - DateStuff.oneDay * 60 ), rangeEnd :
new Date( dsWeekEndingDate.weekEndingDate.getTime() + DateStuff.oneDay * 60 )}}"
selectedDate="{dsWeekEndingDate.weekEndingDate}"
text="{dsWeekEndingDate.weekEndingDate.toLocaleDat eString()}"/>


This is the code that actually updates the bound control . . .
tempStr = new DateFormatter().format( dsWweekEndingDate.weekEndingDate );
aLeaveRequest.sfWeekEndingDate.setDateOnly( tempStr );

[bitwyse]

Anyone have any ideas on this?