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Can't dynamically bind to Date.time

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Description

(This is about Date.time, but I'm sure it applies to several other fields in Date.)

In the attached test case (compiled with ``-compiler.keep-as3-metadata=Bindable``), the compiler translates ``myDate.time`` to ``myDate.getTime()`` in the JS, which is fine.

But can't dynamically bind (i.e. BindingUtils.bindProperty()) using ``myDate.time``, like you can in Flex.

Is this limitation intentional?

Royale: [TestDate.mxml.txt](https://github.com/apache/royale-asjs/files/5716725/TestDate.mxml.txt)

Flex: [TestDateFlex.mxml.txt](https://github.com/apache/royale-asjs/files/5716726/TestDateFlex.mxml.txt)

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Start with the attached TestDate.mxml.txt cases and compile the Royale example with -compiler.keep-as3-metadata=Bindable, then compare the generated JavaScript and behavior with TestDateFlex.mxml.txt. Trace BindingUtils.bindProperty() for Date.time and determine whether dynamic binding should work like Flex or whether the limitation needs to be documented.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Stale
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