Javascript Split() function won't return a value

Question

Im really new to Java script, so please bear with me. I'm trying to write a script that will return a date with the addition of a user selected number of days. It works fine as far as returning a value (in the variable expDate, however the value is in the long format (i.e. "Wed Jan 02 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0800 (HKT)) . I run into trouble when I try and break it down into different sections using split. Now my output is just blank.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Javascript

<script type="text/javascript">
function setExpDate(){

var formDate = document.getElementById('startDate').value;
var number = +document.getElementById('days').value;


var interval = number;

var startDate = new Date(Date.parse(formDate));

var expDate = startDate;
expDate.setDate(startDate.getDate() + interval);



var splitDate = expDate.split(' ');

var monthFomatted  = splitDate[1];
var dayFomatted  = splitDate[2];
var yearFomatted  = splitDate[3];


document.getElementById('total').innerHTML = monthFormatted;
document.getElementById('daysdays').innerHTML = Dateformatted;
};
</script>
</head>

HTML

<body>

<input type="text" size="10" maxlength="10" id="startDate" name="startDate" onblur="setExpDate(this.value)">

<select name="days" id="days" onchange="setExpDate(this.value)">
<option value="01">1</option>
<option value="02">2</option>
<option value="03">3</option>
<option value="04">4</option>
<option value="05">5</option>
<option value="06">6</option>
<option value="07">7</option>
</select>

 <div id="total"></div> <br/><div id="daysdays"></div>
</body>
 </html>

DorianFM · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 11:42:26Z

3

.split() is a String method (that is it works on strings) and you are trying to use it on a Date object.

You'd be better to do

var monthFomatted  = expDate.getMonth();
var dayFomatted  = expDate.getDay();
var yearFomatted  = expDate.getYear();

getMonth(), getDay() and getYear() being methods that can be used on a Date object.

EDIT

Also note that you are setting monthFomatted then accessing monthFormatted which just isn't going to work. Check to make sure that variables are named consistently.

answered Mar 18, 2014 at 11:42

DorianFM

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