Parsing datepicker date in javascript "dd monthstring, yyyy"

Question

Is there an easier way of getting a datetime from a string such as this: "29 March, 2014" in JAVASCRIPT

I've done it within PHP, but I want to fiddle with some front end to add days to the date etc..

Here is the required PHP code to achieve this:

function removeDateComma($string){
    $without_comma = preg_replace('/,/', '', $string);
    return $without_comma;
}

function getYearMonthDayFromDate($string){
    $array  = array();
    $string = removeDateComma($string);
    $string = strtotime($string);
    $year   = date('Y', $string);  
    $month  = date('m', strtotime("-1 month", $string));  
    $day    = date('d', $string);
    $array['year'] = $year;
    $array['month'] = $month;
    $array['day'] = $day; 
    return $array;
}

Calling this to get the required datetime:

$from = getYearMonthDayFromDate($_REQUEST['from_date']);

Can anyone come up with a solution to this problem? Getting the same result but in javascript?

Edit:

It's already implemented in PHP. I need to do it at the front end i.e. no form submission, I cant send anything anywhere, i've got to get this date from an input field, i.e. var field = document.getElementById("input_from").value; so that will be in the format 11 Month, 2014. So i've got this string sitting here which is useless, I need to get each individual value, i.e. the year: 2014, month: 03 or 3 and day: 11

Thanks!

Chetan Gawai · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-24 09:41:25Z

1

Try this

 function getMonthName( monthNumber ) 
    {
        var monthNames = new Array("January", "February", "March", 
      "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
      "October", "November", "December");
      return monthNames[monthNumber ]; 
    }
    var field = $("#input_from").val();

     var date1 = new Date(field); 
        var cMonth = date1.getMonth();
        var newdate = getMonthName(cMonth)   + " "+ date1.getDate() + ", " + date1.getFullYear();
alert(newdate);

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/chetangawai/MNbjw/

edited Apr 24, 2014 at 9:41

answered Apr 24, 2014 at 9:36

Chetan Gawai

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cwiggo Over a year ago

That looks more like it! I'll have a crack now :)

cwiggo Over a year ago

Yes this works perfectly, thank you for your time! reputation++ :D

Developerium · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-24 09:12:37Z

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easy solution

 $date = date('Y-m-d' , strtotime('"29 March, 2014"'));

or add 2 days to it

 $date = date('Y-m-d' , strtotime('+2 days' , strtotime('"29 March, 2014"')));

answered Apr 24, 2014 at 9:12

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cwiggo Over a year ago

in javascript, so i'd have to get the field contents then run a function on the value

Developerium Over a year ago

this is php, just send the value over and handle with php

Developerium Over a year ago

how about using Date() function of javascript??

cwiggo Over a year ago

yes, thats what i'm using, but I cant seem to find a solution to this particular problem

Developerium Over a year ago

what do you want to do exactly?

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