[flexcoders] sailorsea21 - How to stop a timer that is in a private function?

[sailorsea21]

Hi everyone, I have the following timer:

private function initTimer():void {
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(30000);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateData); 
myTimer.start(); 
}       

How can I stop the following timer?
Can it be stopped using another function?

Thanks.

-David