Javascript problem not sure what this would be called

[Kevin Duggan]

Here is the URL of my page:

http://www.kevsblues.com/CATER/din.html

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I can not understand how to get this so the page
reads "Only 9 days till Thanksgiving"
or whatever the date may be. (Xmass ect....)

I could not get this to work
so I put the

"Leave the Party to KevsBlues Catering"

I have a funny feeling there may lie the problem...

But

any help please

Thanks

Kevin

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var holidayCntMsg = "Leave the party to KEVSBLues Catering"
var curDay = new Date()
var tMonth = curDay.getMonth()
function HolidayDays() {
switch (tMonth) {
case 2:
var tHoliday = new Date("March 17, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday / (1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days until St. Patrick's Day!"
}
break
case 6:
var tHoliday = new Date("July 4, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday / (1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days until the 4^th of July!"
}
break
case 9:
var tHoliday = new Date("October 31, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday / (1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days until Halloween!"
}
break
case 10:
var tHoliday = new Date("November 22, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday / (1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days until Thanksgiving!"
}
break
case 11:
var tHoliday = new Date("December 25, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday / (1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days til CHRISTMAS!"
}
break
}
return holidayCntMsg
}

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[Lee]

Kevin Duggan said:

Here is the URL of my page:

http://www.kevsblues.com/CATER/din.html

________________________________________

I can not understand how to get this so the page
reads "Only 9 days till Thanksgiving"
or whatever the date may be. (Xmass ect....)

Change all your dates from 2001 to 2004.

[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <ch********@drn.newsguy.com>, dated Mon, 6 Sep 2004
20:49:39, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Lee
<RE**************@cox.net> posted :

Kevin Duggan said:

http://www.kevsblues.com/CATER/din.html

I can not understand how to get this so the page
reads "Only 9 days till Thanksgiving"
or whatever the date may be. (Xmass ect....)

Change all your dates from 2001 to 2004.

How will that help for St Patrick's Day and US Independence Day? The
November date will need to be recalculated, too.

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[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <06*****************************@REMOVE.uml.edu> , dated
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 02:33:06, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Kevin
Duggan <ke**********@REMOVE.uml.edu> posted :

I can not understand how to get this so the page
reads "Only 9 days till Thanksgiving"
or whatever the date may be. (Xmass ect....)
ect?

var holidayCntMsg = "Leave the party to KEVSBLues Catering"
var curDay = new Date()
var tMonth = curDay.getMonth()
function HolidayDays() {
switch (tMonth) {
case 2:
var tHoliday = new Date("March 17, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday /
(1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days
until St. Patrick's Day!"
}
break
case 11:
var tHoliday = new Date("December 25, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday /
(1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days til
CHRISTMAS!"
}
break
}
return holidayCntMsg
}

Code posted to News should not be machine-wrapped. The author should
deal with that, rather than forcing it on his possible readers, who
generally will not want to bother.

In News, an 8-space tab is too much indentation.

Your code is repetitive; use a single function, and call it for each
case.

You need to get the year right, and to calculate the November date
accordingly.

Your day-count will change at midnight, or an hour earlier or later,
depending on the state of Summer Time at the user's location on the
current and cited date; that's inelegant. Code containing 1000*60*60*24
is always suspect, though not necessarily wrong. You can do setHours(0)
on today's date, then Math.round() on the difference (unchecked).
Given that you only show a holiday (and St.P is not AFAIK a holiday
anywhere that celebrates 04-07) once its month is started, it would be
simpler just to subtract the day-of-month.

What's UML? Lansing??

Read the newsgroup FAQ before posting, and you will often be led to the
methods you need.

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[Kevin Duggan]

I can not understand how to get this so the page
reads "Only 9 days till Thanksgiving"
or whatever the date may be. (Xmass ect....)
ect?

var holidayCntMsg = "Leave the party to KEVSBLues Catering"
var curDay = new Date()
var tMonth = curDay.getMonth()
function HolidayDays() {
switch (tMonth) {
case 2:
var tHoliday = new Date("March 17, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday /
(1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days
until St. Patrick's Day!"
}
break

case 11:
var tHoliday = new Date("December 25, 2001")
var curHoliday = tHoliday.getTime()-curDay.getTime()
if (curHoliday > 0) {
curHoliday = Math.ceil(curHoliday /
(1000*60*60*24))
holidayCntMsg = "Only " +curHoliday+ " days til
CHRISTMAS!"
}
break
}
return holidayCntMsg
}

Code posted to News should not be machine-wrapped. The author should
deal with that, rather than forcing it on his possible readers, who
generally will not want to bother.

In News, an 8-space tab is too much indentation.

Sorry about that thanks for the information
Your code is repetitive; use a single function, and call it for each
case.

You need to get the year right, and to calculate the November date
accordingly.
I know, I am just trying to get this to work
changing the date is easy enough


Your day-count will change at midnight, or an hour earlier or later,
depending on the state of Summer Time at the user's location on the
current and cited date; that's inelegant. Code containing 1000*60*60*24
is always suspect, though not necessarily wrong. You can do setHours(0)
on today's date, then Math.round() on the difference (unchecked).
Given that you only show a holiday (and St.P is not AFAIK a holiday
anywhere that celebrates 04-07) once its month is started, it would be
simpler just to subtract the day-of-month.

What's UML? Lansing??

U Mass Lowell
Read the newsgroup FAQ before posting, and you will often be led to the
methods you need.

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