My list has a "Year" and "Meeting Date" field which are used for grouping which produces a result as per the image at
Using javascript, how do I convert the meeting date to ddmmmyy format rather than the system setting format. I could do it using a calculated column but am looking for a js solution.
Below code is currently used to hide the group titles, can this be expanded to modify the field value [Meeting Date] format. If possible, what changes to the below code would be required to get the grouped field value to show the date in ddmmmyy format:
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("HideHeaders");
function HideHeaders() {
var elements = getElementsByClassName(document, "td", "ms-gb");
var elem;
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
elem = elements[i];
elem.childNodes[0].childNodes[1].nodeValue = "";
elem.childNodes[1].nodeValue =
elem.childNodes[1].nodeValue.replace(':', 'YEAR:');
}
elements = getElementsByClassName(document, "td", "ms-gb2");
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
elem = elements[i];
elem.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].nodeValue = "";
elem.childNodes[2].nodeValue =
elem.childNodes[2].nodeValue.replace(':', 'Meeting Date:');
}
}
function getElementsByClassName(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all) ? oElm.all :
oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
var arrReturnElements = new Array();
strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
var oElement;
for (var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
oElement = arrElements[i];
if (oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
}
}
return (arrReturnElements)
}
</script>
