I have an string that contains month/date and I need to insert the year. The string looks like:
Last Mark:: 2/27 6:57 PM
I want to convert the string to something like:
Last Mark:: 2010/02/27 18:57
In this case, there will not be any entries more than a year old. For example, if the date were 10/12 it can be assumed that the year is 2009.
What is the best method for this?
Following from Adam's suggestion:
function convertDate(yourDate) {
var today = new Date();
var newDate = new Date(today.getFullYear() + '/' + yourDate);
// If newDate is in the future, subtract 1 from year
if (newDate > today)
newDate.setFullYear(newDate.getFullYear() - 1);
// Get the month and day value from newDate
var month = newDate.getMonth() + 1;
var day = newDate.getDate();
// Add the 0 padding to months and days smaller than 10
month = month < 10 ? '0' + month : month;
day = day < 10 ? '0' + day : day;
// Return a string in YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM format
return newDate.getFullYear() + '/' +
month + '/' +
day + ' ' +
newDate.getHours() + ':' +
newDate.getMinutes();
}
convertDate('2/27 6:57 PM'); // Returns: "2010/02/27 18:57"
convertDate('3/27 6:57 PM'); // Returns: "2009/03/27 18:57"
the code for adding THIS year is simple
var d = Date();
var withYear = d.getFullYear() + yourDate;
however, the logic behind considerating if it should be this year or last year could be harder to do
I would think this way: get today's date. If the date is higher than today's, it's last year, so add d.getFullYear()-1, otherwise add d.getFullYear()
This returns the current year:
var d = new Date();
var year = d.getFullYear();
To figure whether its this year or not you could just compare the day and month with the current day and month, and if necessary, subtract 1 from the year.
To get the day and month from the Date object:
d.getMonth(); // warning this is 0-indexed (0-11)
d.getDate(); // this is 1-indexed (1-31)
