How To Format Javascript Date

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Chamark

Newbie - Attempting to format date and having no success. Any help is appreciated. Here is what I have done so far.
<Script>
function chgit() {
var d = new Date();
var mm = d.getMonth();
var dd = d.getDay();
var yy = d.getFullYear();
var thedate = (mm dd yy) ;
document.getElementById("Date_Resolved").value = thedate;
}
</Script>

Chamark

Figured it out - it is
<Script>
function chgit() {
var d = new Date();
var mm = d.getMonth()+1;
var dd = d.getDate();
var yy = d.getFullYear();
var thedate = (mm + "/" + dd + "/" + yy) ;
document.getElementById("Date_Resolved").value = thedate;
}
</Script>

root

It depends on what you are wanting to do.

You could have just as easily use the toGMTString() or the UTC equivalent to obtain a formatted string and using .slice() to cut out what you needed.

if you want to use the above then

var d=new Date();

and applying the value of d to your output field results in a value like "Fri Jul 19 2013 09:31:00 GMT+0100 (GMT Daylight Time)"

using var d=new Date().toGMTString(); results in a string like "Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:32:19 GMT"

using var d=new Date().toUTCString(); results in a string like "Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:32:19 GMT"

Your script can be easily compressed by using the "with" clause down to...

function chgit() {
with( new Date() );
document.getElementById("Date_Resolved").value = [getMonth()+1,getDate(),getFullYear()].join("/");
}

carlyn

does the var day = d.getDay(); contain a number between 1 and 31 ? if it was included ? I not getting anything ?

root

getDay returns a number 0 to 6 with 0 being Sunday, 1=Monday...

getDate returns a number 1 to 31