I am trying to check if a date of format mm.dd.yyyy is greater than today and less than the date after 6 months from today.
Here is my code:
var isLinkExpiryDateWithinRange = function(value) {
var monthfield = value.split('.')[0];
var dayfield = value.split('.')[1];
var yearfield = value.split('.')[2];
var inputDate = new Date(yearfield, monthfield - 1, dayfield);
var today = new Date();
today = new Date(today.getFullYear(), today.getMonth(), today.getDate());
alert(inputDate > today);//alert-> true
var endDate = today;
endDate.setMonth(endDate.getMonth() + 6);
alert(inputDate > today);//alert-> false
if(inputDate > today && inputDate < endDate) {
alert('1');
} else {
alert('2');/always alert it
}
}
If I execute isLinkExpiryDateWithinRange('12.08.2012')
I wish it will show 1 as this is within the range, but it is displaying 2. Moreover the first alert is showing true and the second one false.
Can anyone please explain what is happening?
Change:
var endDate = today;
to:
var endDate = new Date(today);
See the posts here for how objects are referenced and changed. There are some really good examples that help explain the issue, notably:
Instead, the situation is that the item passed in is passed by value.
But the item that is passed by value is itself a reference.
JSFiddle example
function isLinkExpiryDateWithinRange( value ) {
// format: mm.dd.yyyy;
value = value.split(".");
var todayDate = new Date(),
endDate = new Date( todayDate.getFullYear(), todayDate.getMonth() + 6, todayDate.getDate() +1 );
date = new Date(value[2], value[0]-1, value[1]);
return todayDate < date && date < endDate;
}
isLinkExpiryDateWithinRange("12.24.2012"); // true
isLinkExpiryDateWithinRange("12.24.2020"); // false
Below function checks if date selected is within 5 days from today. Date format used is "DD-MM-YYYY", you can use any format by changing value.split('-')[1] order and split character.
function showMessage() {
var value = document.getElementById("invoiceDueDate").value;
var inputDate = new Date(value.split('-')[2], value.split('-')[1] - 1, value.split('-')[0]);
var endDate = new Date();
endDate.setDate(endDate.getDate() + 5);// adding 5 days from today
if(inputDate < endDate) {
alert("If the due date selected for the invoice is within 5 days, and express settlement fee will apply to this transaction.");
}
}