Compare Input Date to Server Date

[Scott Knapp]

Good Day -

I have a form which sets the current date, as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
xx=new Date()
dd=xx.getDate()
mm=xx.getMonth( )+1
yy=xx.getYear()
mmddyy=mm+"/"+dd+"/"+yy
document.write( mmddyy)
</script>

The same form has a text box where the user is asked to input a date (a
travel date) in the format mm/dd/yyyy.

What I would like to do is compare the user input date to the current date,
and if the user input date is less than 2 days in advance of the current
date, return an alert saying that the input date is not enough in advance of
the current date.

I checked Dr. Stockton's site
(http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-date1.htm#DC) but was unable to find such
a comparison.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Scott

[Lee]

Re: Compare Input Date to Server Date

Scott Knapp said:
[color=blue]
>What I would like to do is compare the user input date to the current date,
>and if the user input date is less than 2 days in advance of the current
>date, return an alert saying that the input date is not enough in advance of
>the current date.
>
>I checked Dr. Stockton's site
>(http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-date1.htm#DC) but was unable to find such
>a comparison.
>
>Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.[/color]

There is a link on that page labeled "Date Arithmetic".
Following it takes you to:

http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-date2.htm

Search that page for the section titled "Difference in Days"

[Dr John Stockton]

Re: Compare Input Date to Server Date

JRS: In article <huXeb.2918$x67 .1593@bignews4. bellsouth.net>, seen in
news:comp.lang. javascript, Scott Knapp <mch@publinx.co m> posted at Thu,
2 Oct 2003 11:28:47 :-[color=blue]
>Good Day -
>
>I have a form which sets the current date, as follows:
><script type="text/javascript">
>xx=new Date()
>dd=xx.getDate( )
>mm=xx.getMonth ()+1
>yy=xx.getYear( )
>mmddyy=mm+"/"+dd+"/"+yy
>document.write (mmddyy)
></script>
>
>The same form has a text box where the user is asked to input a date (a
>travel date) in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
>
>What I would like to do is compare the user input date to the current date,
>and if the user input date is less than 2 days in advance of the current
>date, return an alert saying that the input date is not enough in advance of
>the current date.
>
>I checked Dr. Stockton's site
>(http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-date1.htm#DC) but was unable to find such
>a comparison.[/color]

My site has more than one page on date/time in javascript. Comparison
is not subtraction; however, comparison can be used in this case. On the
World-Wide Web, ambiguous date formats should not be used; use YYYY/MM/DD.

alert( Math.round( ( new Date('2003/10/05') - // date from user
new Date().setHours (48) )/864e5)>0 ? 'OK' : 'Dud' )

Math.round allows for the possibility of a change in Summer Time state.

If you need 2 clear days, then replace 48 with 72.

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