Need help with addDatePicker command

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I need to prompt the user to select beginning and end dates for calendar entry. How do I do this using “addDatePicker” command. Any documentation on this ? I would appreciate a simple example script :

  • displaying date picker
  • and creating two variables containing “begin date” and an “end date” after selection has been made by user.

Thanks in advance.

2

The scripting documentation for the prompt contains an example for the date picker.


p.title = "Hello";
p.message = "World!";

p.addDatePicker("startDate", "Start date", new Date(), {
  "mode": "date"
});
p.addDatePicker("endDate", "End date", new Date(), {
  "mode": "date"
});

p.show();

That’s a rough example which should get you started.

3

I have come across this script and as my js knowledge is next to nil, this is not of much help to me. Thanks anyway.

4

This expands on the information highlighted by @RosemaryOrchard.

var p = Prompt.create();

p.title = "Date Selection";


p.addDatePicker("dateBegin", "Begin date", new Date(), {
  "mode": "date"
});

p.addDatePicker("dateEnd", "End date", new Date(), {
  "mode": "date"
});

p.addButton("OK");


if (p.show())
{
	if (p.buttonPressed == "OK")
	{
		alert("Begin date is " + p.fieldValues["dateBegin"] + "\nEnd Date     is " + p.fieldValues["dateEnd"]);
	}
}

This link in theory should be able to direct install the example - please verify the content before running it. It is provided as is.

When run you may see that you are getting full time stamps and not a simple date back. As a result you may want to do some manipiulation of the dates as they stand to remove the time (and maybe(?) the time zone) … assuming you get the sort of result I get.

But that’s a slightly different question and the sort of thing you will probably need to work with in order to do whatever you want to do next with the dates captured.

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5

Thank you ver much - exactly what I was looking for.

6

Yes you were right :smiley: I would be grateful if you could show me how to format the date output without time zone and 24 hr time format - hours and minutes only. Thanks v much.

7

See if this helps you get a step further.

alert(p.fieldValues["dateBegin"].toString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"));

Add it after the last alert line and see what it outputs.

8

Thanks Stephen -

Formated present date as follows:
var presentDate = new Date().toString(“dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm”)

And it works !

9

and, FWIW, a minor variation, with a few alternative idioms:

(() => {
	'use strict';

	const 
		p = Object.assign(
				Prompt.create(), {
				title: 'Date selection'
			}
		),
		dte = new Date(),
		dctMode = {
			'mode': 'date'
		},
		strFormat = 'dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm',
		strBegin = 'From: ',
		strEnd = 'To: ';

	return (
		p.addDatePicker('dateBegin', strBegin, dte, dctMode),
		p.addDatePicker('dateEnd', strEnd, dte, dctMode),
		p.addButton('OK'),
		p.show() ? (
			p.buttonPressed === 'OK' ? (
				alert(
					strBegin + 
					p.fieldValues.dateBegin.toString(strFormat) + '\n' +
					strEnd + 
					p.fieldValues.dateEnd.toString(strFormat)
				),
				true
			) : false
		) : false
	);
})();
10

Thanks for your help.