<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/21/customizing-the-flex-datechooser-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Base 02");
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
            unicode-range:
                U+0030-U+0039, /* 0-9 */
                U+0041-U+0051, /* Uppercase A-Z */
                U+0052-U+007A, /* Lowercase a-z */
                U+002F-U+002F; /* slash (/) */
        }

        DateChooser {
            cornerRadius: 0; /* pixels */
            headerColors: black, black;
            borderColor: black;
            themeColor: black;
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
            todayColor: red;
            todayStyleName: myTodayStyleName;
            headerStyleName: myHeaderStyleName;
            weekDayStyleName: myWeekDayStyleName;
            dropShadowEnabled: true;
        }

        .myTodayStyleName {
            color: white;
        }

        .myWeekDayStyleName {
            fontWeight: normal;
        }

        .myHeaderStyleName {
            color: red;
            fontSize: 16;
            fontWeight: normal;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.formatters.DateBase;

            private function dateChooser_init():void {
            	dateChooser.dayNames = DateBase.dayNamesShort;
            } 
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
            initialize="dateChooser_init();" />

</mx:Application>