# Dynamic Text box fetching the current date

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-fetching-the-current-date/211178>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 28, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-fetching-the-current-date/211178 "2006-12-28T07:26:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mahatma](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mahatma/32/3111_2.png) [@mahatma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mahatma)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-fetching-the-current-date/211178/1 "2006-12-28T07:26:12Z")

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mytext.text = Date();

it doesn’t work.