Greetings all. My 1st post here - hoping someone can help out.
First I've tested this on FF 1.5.0.9, 2.x and Safari on OSX.
here's the code that exhibits the behaviour:
#case 1 - fails
var date1 = new Date();
date1.setYear(2 007);
date1.setMonth( 3);
date1.setDate(1 0);
alert('(2007-3-10) ::' + date1.getFullYe ar() + '-' + (date1.getMonth ()) + '-' + date1.getDate() ); // 2007-4-10
alert('(April 10, 2007) ::' + date1.toDateStr ing()); #Thu May 10 2007
#case 2 - succeeds - expected behaviour
var date2 = new Date();
date2.setYear(2 007);
date2.setMonth( 4);
date2.setDate(1 2);
alert('(2007-4-12) ::' + date2.getFullYe ar() + '-' + (date2.getMonth ()) + '-' + date2.getDate() ); // 2007-4-12
alert('(May 12, 2007) :: ' + date2.toDateStr ing()); // #Sat May 12 2007
So I'm seeing a nasty behaviour:
date1.setMonth + 1 == date1.getMonth
I've only seen this happen for month 3 (April).
Am I losing my mind (perhaps the wrong group)? Or can someone help me identify what's missing in my logic - because it would be unusual if a bug was identical across browsers (unless the JS engine is the same in both FF and Safari in osx).
I'll try IE Windows next.
TIA!
Jodi
12 2689 Motoma 3,237
Recognized Expert Specialist
Greetings all. My 1st post here - hoping someone can help out.
First I've tested this on FF 1.5.0.9, 2.x and Safari on OSX.
here's the code that exhibits the behaviour:
#case 1 - fails
var date1 = new Date();
date1.setYear(2 007);
date1.setMonth( 3);
date1.setDate(1 0);
alert('(2007-3-10) ::' + date1.getFullYe ar() + '-' + (date1.getMonth ()) + '-' + date1.getDate() ); // 2007-4-10
alert('(April 10, 2007) ::' + date1.toDateStr ing()); #Thu May 10 2007
#case 2 - succeeds - expected behaviour
var date2 = new Date();
date2.setYear(2 007);
date2.setMonth( 4);
date2.setDate(1 2);
alert('(2007-4-12) ::' + date2.getFullYe ar() + '-' + (date2.getMonth ()) + '-' + date2.getDate() ); // 2007-4-12
alert('(May 12, 2007) :: ' + date2.toDateStr ing()); // #Sat May 12 2007
So I'm seeing a nasty behaviour:
date1.setMonth + 1 == date1.getMonth
I've only seen this happen for month 3 (April).
Am I losing my mind (perhaps the wrong group)? Or can someone help me identify what's missing in my logic - because it would be unusual if a bug was identical across browsers (unless the JS engine is the same in both FF and Safari in osx).
I'll try IE Windows next.
TIA!
Jodi
I just fooled around with this...
I'm crying on the inside.
You can use setFullDate and it works correctly.
Thanx your response.
I'll try out setFullDate - but funny, I can't find a single google reference to this method!
Can you please tell me what browser you tested on?
Thanx.
Jodi
Motoma 3,237
Recognized Expert Specialist
Thanx your response.
I'll try out setFullDate - but funny, I can't find a single google reference to this method!
Can you please tell me what browser you tested on?
Thanx.
Jodi
Entirely sorry!
What I meant to say was the setFullYear function!
Motoma 3,237
Recognized Expert Specialist
P.S. Welcome to The Scripts!
P.S. Welcome to The Scripts!
Thanx.
Unfortunately (for me) setFullYear doens't make a difference. -
ie;
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var date1 = new Date();
-
date1.setFullYear(2007);
-
date1.setMonth(3);
-
date1.setDate(10);
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alert('(2007-3-10) ::' + date1.getFullYear() + '-' + (date1.getMonth()) + '-' + date1.getDate());
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alert('(April 10, 2007) ::' + date1.toDateString());
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still results in the wrong Month (May not June). Actually setMonth(3) results in getMonth(4). This problem has recently reared it's head - so I'm suspecting it relates to a recent JS Engine update - still to be researched.
The good news (so far) looks like the problem doesn't exist using the Date constructor(new Date(yyyy,mm,dd ) - refactoring is in order.
RE: refactoring, are there any good testing frameworks for Javascript? I think it's time for some TDD.
thanx for your thoughts.
Jodi
Motoma 3,237
Recognized Expert Specialist -
var date1 = new Date();
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date1.setFullYear(2007,3,10);
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alert('(2007-3-10) ::' + date1.getFullYear() + '-' + (date1.getMonth()) + '-' + date1.getDate());
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alert('(April 10, 2007) ::' + date1.toDateString());
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Works for me.
Works for me.
Not sure why. grin.
The bug has been identified here by Mozilla, and characterized as a 'feature' -rtfm
https://bugzilla.mozill a.org/show_bug.cgi?id =288495
The basis of the problem was that today is the 31st, and April doesn't have 31 days - so setMonth was advancing the month to May(rolling it forward) since it thought today was the 31st. Make sense?
BTW, you get into the same trouble if you try to set the day first - and you try to set it to 31, but the current month is April - it will then roll the day forward to 1(thinking you meant May)
The lesson I take away is to use the date Constructor.
Hope this trail of thought helps those following us.
Thanx for your help.
Jodi
Motoma 3,237
Recognized Expert Specialist
Not sure why. grin.
If you look at my code, you can specify the month and date with setFullYear().
acoder 16,027
Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
Glad your problem was solved.
Yes, it is a useful feature. It prevents errors in setting the date (the date is never in an error state).
Of course, with the example used by Motoma, no errors showed up because he set the date altogether.
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