on 10-27-2006 3:16 PM
Hi SDN,
I am new to Jscript. The following code gives me an error saying that getmonth() is not a valid method on 'Today.'
Please help.
Thanks.
Saf.
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HTML>
<HEAD>
<script language="javascript">
function get_quarter(){
var today = new Date()
var this_month = 0
var this_year = 0
this_month = today.getmonth()
this_year = today.getyear()
switch(this_month){
case 0,1,2:
return this_year+'1'
case 3,4,5:
return this_year+'2'
case 6,7,8:
return this_year+'3'
case 9,10,11:
return this_year+'4'
}
function say_it(){
document.write("The current quarter is " + get_quarter());
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<script language="JavaScript">
say_it();
</script>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Hi Safdar,
Jscript is case sensitive so get<b>m</b>onth() and get<b>M</b>onth() are different, getmonth() is not a method of object Date, getMonth() instead is.
The same applies to getYear() instead of getyear();
Said that, a few notes:
1) in jscript you do not need to initialize your variables so you can simply write:
var this_month = today.getMonth();
2) if you need a 4 digit year, eg: 2006 use method getFullYear() instead of getYear()
3) getMonth() returns a string, if you need an int, as for the if block you can use parseInt function;
4) as far as i remember (don't have a reference manual in my hands) you can't use switch with multiple conditions (0,1,2) you need an if for this
5) as jscript is a scripting language next time you have problem i suggest you to have a look at
, maybe you'll get a faster response.
This is your code reviewed:
function get_quarter(){
var today = new Date();
var this_month = today.getMonth();
var this_year = today.getYear();
var quarter;
var intMonth = parseInt(this_month);
if(intMonth >= 0 && intMonth < 3){
quarter = this_year+'1';
}else if(intMonth >= 3 && intMonth < 6){
quarter = this_year+'2';
}else if(intMonth >= 6 && intMonth < 9){
quarter = this_year+'3';
}else{
quarter = this_year+'4';
}
return quarter;
}
Hope it helps!
Kind Regards,
Sergio
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Hi Safdar,
the best and fastest way to get help with javascript is the net. Use google and in 99 cases out of a 100 you will find what you're looking for a lot faster than anyone will reply in a forum.
For instance, searching with the keywords "get" "month" "date" "javascript" will yield this result (amongs thousands)
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp">link</a>
regards,
Dion
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