javascript to display current date (and back dates)

[Kevin Gibbons]

Hello all,

I've browsed through past usenet archives, but can't seem to come
across quite the javascript I'm looking for. I'm looking for a simple
javascript that will display the date as such:

May 17

So basically, just displaying the current month and the current date.
But I would also like the ability to backdate by one day, two days,
etc.. So the next date might look as such:

May 15

Which would be two days earlier than today's date, but in keeping with
the same format.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.


KG

[kaeli]

Re: javascript to display current date (and back dates)

In article <d8iga0ddt0c9dm k5bpc216vmtknh4 ik63i@4ax.com>, Kevin Gibbons
<kevin@<NOSPAM> kgibbons.com> enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> I've browsed through past usenet archives, but can't seem to come
> across quite the javascript I'm looking for. I'm looking for a simple
> javascript that will display the date as such:
>
> May 17
>[/color]

If you're familiar with java's SimpleDateForma t class, you might like
this author's javascript version.

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/date/source.html

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[Mick White]

Re: javascript to display current date (and back dates)

Kevin Gibbons <kevin@ wrote:
I'm looking for a simple[color=blue]
> javascript that will display the date as such:
>
> May 17
>
>I would also like the ability to backdate by one day, two days,
> etc.. So the next date might look as such:
>
> May 15
>
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
>[/color]

m=
["Jan","Feb","Ma r","Apr","May", "Jun","Jul","Au g","Sep","Oct", "Nov","Dec"];
n=new Date();
today=m[n.getMonth()] +" "+n.getDate ();
alert(today);

n.setDate(n.get Date()-2);
dayBeforeYester day=m[n.getMonth()]+" " +n.getDate();
alert(dayBefore Yesterday);

Something like that.
Mick

[Dr John Stockton]

Re: javascript to display current date (and back dates)

JRS: In article <d8iga0ddt0c9dm k5bpc216vmtknh4 ik63i@4ax.com>, seen in
news:comp.lang. javascript, Kevin Gibbons <kevin@?.com> posted at Mon, 17
May 2004 01:12:46 :
[color=blue]
>I've browsed through past usenet archives, but can't seem to come
>across quite the javascript I'm looking for. I'm looking for a simple
>javascript that will display the date as such:
>
>May 17[/color]

Did you not find the FAQ of this newsgroup?
Did you not find the FAQ of this newsgroup helpful?

[color=blue]
>So basically, just displaying the current month and the current date.
>But I would also like the ability to backdate by one day, two days,
>etc.. So the next date might look as such:
>
>May 15[/color]

Not a good example; is May the name of the month, or the three-letter
abbreviation therefor? A week earlier, should that be May 5 or May 05 ?

Should the date be local-to-user, local-to-server, or GMT? I assume the
former, and that the user's computer's clock can be believed.

A = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", ..., "Dec"] // or "January" ..
D = new Date()
ITIS = A[D.getMonth()] + " " + D.getDate()
D.setDate(D.get Date() - 2)
TWAS = A[D.getMonth()] + " " + D.getDate()

That gives May 5 style; for May 05 use LZ(D.getDate()) with

function LZ(x) { return (x<0||x>=10?"": "0") + x }


<FAQENTRY>
IMHO, typing would be saved if LZ were in the FAQ.
</FAQENTRY>


The following can be used for the current date IF you are assured that
the first occurrence of <word> <space> <number> in String(new Date())
will ALWAYS be what you want :-

ITIS = String(new Date()).match(/(\w+ \d+)/)[1]

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