Set Todays Date

[Gustavo1478]

Hi there, Im trying to return todays date in the format of 'MM/DD/YYYY', what is the correct javascript function for the xbasic 'Date()'?

Ive got the following attached to a button in the onlcick event:

{dialog.object}.setValue('DatePacketSent',Date());

But this does not return what I am looking for. Thank Your for your time.

[Steve Workings]

Re: Set Todays Date

Web searches are your friend:

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_date_methods.asp

[GGandhi]

Re: Set Todays Date

but I think you will need to read date_format in alpha five javascript
you may find it in release notes of version 12
that will convert javascript object to something you like to see as in xbasic.

[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

Web searches are your friend:

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_date_methods.asp

I did find this in my web search, but it only confused me further. How do I incorporate this in the string I am trying to write?

[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

but I think you will need to read date_format in alpha five javascript
you may find it in release notes of version 12
that will convert javascript object to something you like to see as in xbasic.

Let me do a bit of research on this, thank you. I thought there would have been an easy way to write the function, just like in xbasic.

[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

Solution:
Not sure if this is the correct way, but it seems to have worked for me. I changed the field to receive the Date from a Date field to Character and used the following in-line javascript on the OnClick event of a button.

{dialog.object}.setValue('DatePacketSent', Date());

[GGandhi]

Re: Set Todays Date

if you want I can show you how to get 'MM/DD/YYYY' via javascript, but date format in alpha javascript is the same thing but easy on you.

[kotinkarwak]

Re: Set Todays Date

Gustavo,
Did it work?
Tried it and didn't for me

{dialog.object}.setValue('DatePacketSent', Date());

[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

Gustavo,
Did it work?
Tried it and didn't for me

{dialog.object}.setValue('DatePacketSent', Date());

Sorry, I just seen your post.

Here is the confusing part for me, In one portion of my application the string works as I described in post #6, but in another portion of my application it is not working. Not sure what to make of this. See my screen shots.

The field gets populated using a button with JS in the OnClick event.

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[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

if you want I can show you how to get 'MM/DD/YYYY' via javascript, but date format in alpha javascript is the same thing but easy on you.

I would be very appreciative if you could show me the way.

[GGandhi]

Re: Set Todays Date

in the inline javascript you write this or copy paste to your dialog.

var d1 = new Date();
d1 = d1.toFormat('MM/dd/yyyy');
{dialog.object}.setValue('DATEPACKETSENT', d1);

note month is MM it is not typographical error.

[Gustavo1478]

Re: Set Todays Date

I have come across this format in my web searches, but I was not too sure how to insert it into my inline JS. Thank you for pointing it out Gandhi

[Clint2]

Re: Set Todays Date

Hi there, Im trying to return todays date in the format of 'MM/DD/YYYY', what is the correct javascript function for the xbasic 'Date()'?

Ive got the following attached to a button in the onlcick event:

{dialog.object}.setValue('DatePacketSent',Date());

But this does not return what I am looking for. Thank Your for your time.

Try this and ignore the parts you don't need :)

Date.prototype.today = function () {
return (((this.getMonth()+1) < 10)?"0":"") +
(this.getMonth()+1) +"/"+((this.getDate() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getDate() +"/"+ this.getFullYear();
}


Date.prototype.timeNow = function(){ return ((this.getHours() < 10)?"0":"") + ((this.getHours()>12)?
(this.getHours()-12):this.getHours()) +":"+ ((this.getMinutes() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getMinutes() +":"+
((this.getSeconds() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getSeconds() + ((this.getHours()>12)?('PM'):'AM'); };

var newDate = new Date();
var datetime = "Refresh At: " + newDate.today() + " @ " + newDate.timeNow();

{dialog.Object}.setValue('textbox5',datetime);

[Davidk]

Re: Set Todays Date

Alpha has built in .toFormat and .fromFormat into their JS libraries. We don't have to pull apart and push together dates in javascript... unless you really want to. I've also read a number of posts that warn against prototyping methods... it may lead to problems down the road.

[Clint2]

Re: Set Todays Date

Alpha has built in .toFormat and .fromFormat into their JS libraries. We don't have to pull apart and push together dates in javascript... unless you really want to. I've also read a number of posts that warn against prototyping methods... it may to problems down the road.

If you could provide a link to any of those posts, that would be great. If there is a method that potentially problematic, I'd like to avoid it. Thanks