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BI_Developer
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Hi

I have 2 calendar controls in YYMD format and I am trying to find difference in days so that I could alert if date range is more than 60 days.

I am using this logic.
var dt_1 = document.form1.DT1.value;
var dt_2 = document.form1.DT2.value;

var no_of_days = dt_2 - dt_1;

if (dt_1 == '' && dt_2 == '')
{
	alert("Please enter a range for Date");
}

if (dt_1 > dt_2)
{
	alert("FROM date cannot be greater than TO date");
}

alert(no_of_days);


Everything works but I dont get the number of days. It shows 'NaN' in the alert box when I try to get value in no_of_days.
Can someone help me on this?

Thank you

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Francis Mariani
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You really should try Google, 'javascript difference between two dates' -should provide links to the answer. Most likely the DT1 control is a text box, hence it's alphanumeric and alphanumeric - alphanumeric will most likely lead to NaN - the NaN property represents "Not-a-Number" value.

You need to convert the value of these text boxes to JavaScript date variables and then subtract, but Google will lead you to this.

Bonne chance.


Francis


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BI_Developer
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I tried few ways but doesn't work.
quote:
Originally posted by Francis Mariani:
You really should try Google, 'javascript difference between two dates' -should provide links to the answer. Most likely the DT1 control is a text box, hence it's alphanumeric and alphanumeric - alphanumeric will most likely lead to NaN - the NaN property represents "Not-a-Number" value.

You need to convert the value of these text boxes to JavaScript date variables and then subtract, but Google will lead you to this.

Bonne chance.


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Francis Mariani
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How hard did you try?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title> New Document </title>

<script type="text/javascript">

function Calc1()
{
var dt_1 = new Date(document.getElementById('DT1').value);
var dt_2 = new Date(document.getElementById('DT2').value);

//Set 1 day in milliseconds
var one_day = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;

//Calculate difference between the two dates, and convert to days
var no_of_days = (dt_2 - dt_1) / (one_day);

if (dt_1 == '' && dt_2 == '')
{
	alert("Please enter a range for Date");
}

if (dt_1 > dt_2)
{
	alert("FROM date cannot be greater than TO date");
}

alert(no_of_days);
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<input id="DT1" type=text value="2010/10/23">
<input id="DT2" type=text value="2010/10/24">

<input type="button" onClick="Calc1();" value="Calculate">
</body>
</html>


Francis


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Waz
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As Francis has stated in his example, the key is to condert the date text in the control to a javascript date by using the new Date() command.


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Francis Mariani
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And I should have stated that the difference between two dates is returned in milliseconds. To find out how many days, divide by the number of milliseconds in one day.


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