MySQL, PHP, Flash, and the date() and mktime() php functions

before I sart, if I use a technical term thats incorrect, I appologize, I’m new to alot of this.

I have a mySQL tabel with a bunch of stats (date, filesize, file name, descriptions) about a bunch of movies. The dates are stored in a timestamp format.

For example, 12/12/98 translates to 913438800 and 4/10/06 is 1144641600

The date is converted from readable format to the timestamp using PHP’s mktime() function. What I need is a way to convert the timestamp back to a readable format in flash.

As I was typing this, I realized I could translate the timestamp in the php file and send in the translated date as a string to flash. anyway, an ideas?