[flexcoders] Date parsing function. Parse from string to Date object and assign to Date axis

[kirilminevgroups]

I need to parse the following two strings to date object and pass them 
to my DateTimeAxis the string are coming in the following format:

string 1: 10/15/2007 12:00:00 AM (only the date is needed)
string 2: 6/12/2008 5:44:38 PM (only the time is needed)

I am very new to Flex and never done casting from one object to another 
I need to pass on string containing date+time to my DateTimeAxis.

I would really appreciate it if anyone can give me a hand.

Thanks in advance.