Fiscal Year Function with JavaScript

[rkohon]

Hello all,
I am new to JavaScript and need some ideas, suggestions, or code snippets.

I have a form which requires the end user to put in a date for required items. I need javascript function to run on this date supplied by end user and for it to populate another area of the form with the Fiscal Year that this will be needed in.
Example: User populates form field with 25-SEPT-07 we need the the Quarter required to immediately poplate this format= 3QFY07.

Our Fiscal Year runs as follows:
Jan-Mar = 1Q
Apr-June = 2Q
July-Sept = 3Q
Oct-Dec = 4Q

The entry date can be todays date, 07 year, 08 year and beyond so the function has to pickup on the year intuitevly. :(

I think an if, then, else approach is what I need just not sure how to get started or where for that matter.

Thank you in advance for any help, suggestions or code.

Regards,
Robert

I have attempted to use PL/SQL code:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fn_no_of_quarters(p_start_date DATE,p_end_date DATE)
RETURN NUMBER
IS
l_start_date DATE;
l_end_date DATE;
q NUMBER := 0;
l_adjustment NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
l_start_date := p_start_date;
l_end_date := p_end_date;

LOOP
dbms_output.put_line('inside loop for q ='||q);

l_start_date := add_months(l_start_Date,3);
dbms_output.put_line('l_start_date ='||l_start_date);

IF l_start_date <= l_end_date
THEN
q := q+1;
ELSE
l_start_date := add_months(l_start_Date,-3);
EXIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;

dbms_output.put_line('l_start_date ='||l_start_date);
dbms_output.put_line('l_end_Date ='||l_end_Date);

IF TO_CHAR(l_start_date,'YYYY') = TO_CHAR(l_end_Date,'YYYY')
THEN
SELECT to_char(l_end_Date,'Q') - to_char(l_start_date,'Q')
INTO l_adjustment
FROM dual;

l_adjustment := l_adjustment +1;
ELSE
l_adjustment := 2;
END IF;

dbms_output.put_line('l_adjustment ='||l_adjustment);
q := q + l_adjustment;

RETURN q;
END;

[acoder]

Take the data input from the user, dateInput and split it using dateInput.split ("-"). Now dateInput[1] would be "SEPT" and dateInput[2] "07". Keep an array that has all the months mapped out to the quarters, e.g. Fiscal["JAN"]="1Q", so Fiscal[dateInput[1]] would give you "3Q". That's all that is needed. Now just concatenate the strings: Fiscal[dateInput[1]] + "FY" + dateInput[2].