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Date provides a set of utility functions to operate against Date objects.

Methods

addDays

(
  • oDate
  • numDays
)
Date

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:82

Adds a specified number of days to the given date.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    The date to add days to.

  • numDays Number

    The number of days to add (can be negative)

Returns:

Date:

A new Date with the specified number of days added to the original date.

addMonths

(
  • oDate
  • numMonths
)
Date

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:96

Adds a specified number of months to the given date.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    The date to add months to.

  • numMonths Number

    The number of months to add (can be negative)

Returns:

Date:

A new Date with the specified number of months added to the original date.

addYears

(
  • oDate
  • numYears
)
Date

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:119

Adds a specified number of years to the given date.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    The date to add years to.

  • numYears Number

    The number of years to add (can be negative)

Returns:

Date:

A new Date with the specified number of years added to the original date.

areEqual

(
  • aDate
  • bDate
)
Boolean

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:29

Checks whether two dates correspond to the same date and time.

Parameters:

  • aDate Date

    The first date to compare.

  • bDate Date

    The second date to compare.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the two dates correspond to the same date and time.

daysInMonth

(
  • oDate
)
Number

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:161

Takes a native JavaScript Date and returns the number of days in the month that the given date belongs to.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    Date in the month for which the number of days is desired.

Returns:

Number:

A number (either 28, 29, 30 or 31) of days in the given month.

format

(
  • oDate
  • oConfig
)
HTML

Takes a native JavaScript Date and formats it as a string for display to user.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    Date.

  • oConfig Object

    (Optional) Object literal of configuration values: <dl> <dt>format {HTML} (Optional)</dt> <dd> <p> Any strftime string is supported, such as "%I:%M:%S %p". strftime has several format specifiers defined by the Open group at <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html">http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html</a> PHP added a few of its own, defined at <a href="http://www.php.net/strftime">http://www.php.net/strftime</a> </p> <p> This javascript implementation supports all the PHP specifiers and a few more. The full list is below. </p> <p> If not specified, it defaults to the ISO 8601 standard date format: %Y-%m-%d. </p> <dl> <dt>%a</dt> <dd>abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale</dd> <dt>%A</dt> <dd>full weekday name according to the current locale</dd> <dt>%b</dt> <dd>abbreviated month name according to the current locale</dd> <dt>%B</dt> <dd>full month name according to the current locale</dd> <dt>%c</dt> <dd>preferred date and time representation for the current locale</dd> <dt>%C</dt> <dd>century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99)</dd> <dt>%d</dt> <dd>day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31)</dd> <dt>%D</dt> <dd>same as %m/%d/%y</dd> <dt>%e</dt> <dd>day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range " 1" to "31")</dd> <dt>%E</dt> <dd>day of the month as a decimal number (range 1 to 31)</dd> <dt>%F</dt> <dd>same as %Y-%m-%d (ISO 8601 date format)</dd> <dt>%g</dt> <dd>like %G, but without the century</dd> <dt>%G</dt> <dd>The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number</dd> <dt>%h</dt> <dd>same as %b</dd> <dt>%H</dt> <dd>hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23)</dd> <dt>%I</dt> <dd>hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12)</dd> <dt>%j</dt> <dd>day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366)</dd> <dt>%k</dt> <dd>hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.)</dd> <dt>%l</dt> <dd>hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.) </dd> <dt>%m</dt> <dd>month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12)</dd> <dt>%M</dt> <dd>minute as a decimal number</dd> <dt>%n</dt> <dd>newline character</dd> <dt>%p</dt> <dd>either "AM" or "PM" according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale</dd> <dt>%P</dt> <dd>like %p, but lower case</dd> <dt>%r</dt> <dd>time in a.m. and p.m. notation equal to %I:%M:%S %p</dd> <dt>%R</dt> <dd>time in 24 hour notation equal to %H:%M</dd> <dt>%s</dt> <dd>number of seconds since the Epoch, ie, since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC</dd> <dt>%S</dt> <dd>second as a decimal number</dd> <dt>%t</dt> <dd>tab character</dd> <dt>%T</dt> <dd>current time, equal to %H:%M:%S</dd> <dt>%u</dt> <dd>weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday</dd> <dt>%U</dt> <dd>week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week</dd> <dt>%V</dt> <dd>The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week.</dd> <dt>%w</dt> <dd>day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0</dd> <dt>%W</dt> <dd>week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week</dd> <dt>%x</dt> <dd>preferred date representation for the current locale without the time</dd> <dt>%X</dt> <dd>preferred time representation for the current locale without the date</dd> <dt>%y</dt> <dd>year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99)</dd> <dt>%Y</dt> <dd>year as a decimal number including the century</dd> <dt>%z</dt> <dd>numerical time zone representation</dd> <dt>%Z</dt> <dd>time zone name or abbreviation</dd> <dt>%%</dt> <dd>a literal "%" character</dd> </dl> </dd> </dl>

Returns:

HTML:

Formatted date for display.

isGreater

(
  • aDate
  • bDate
)
Boolean

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:42

Checks whether the first date comes later than the second.

Parameters:

  • aDate Date

    The first date to compare.

  • bDate Date

    The second date to compare.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the first date is later than the second.

isGreaterOrEqual

(
  • aDate
  • bDate
)
Boolean

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:54

Checks whether the first date comes later than or is the same as the second.

Parameters:

  • aDate Date

    The first date to compare.

  • bDate Date

    The second date to compare.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the first date is later than or the same as the second.

isInRange

(
  • aDate
  • bDate
  • cDate
)
Boolean

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:69

Checks whether the date is between two other given dates.

Parameters:

  • aDate Date

    The date to check

  • bDate Date

    Lower bound of the range.

  • cDate Date

    Higher bound of the range.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the date is between the two other given dates.

isValidDate

(
  • oDate
)
Boolean

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:12

Checks whether a native JavaScript Date contains a valid value.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    Date in the month for which the number of days is desired.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the date argument contains a valid value.

listOfDatesInMonth

(
  • oDate
)
Array

Provided by the datatype-date-math module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-math.js:136

Lists all dates in a given month.

Parameters:

  • oDate Date

    The date corresponding to the month for which a list of dates is required.

Returns:

Array:

An Array of Dates from a given month.

parse

(
  • mask
  • text
  • opt_date
)
Date static

Takes a string mask and a text as input and parses it as a native JavaScript Date. If only one argument is passed, the YUI parser will be called for backwards compatibility.

Parameters:

  • mask String

    Mask as strftime string.

  • text String

    Text input to be parsed.

  • opt_date Date

    Optional Date object to be used a base date for filling the parsed values.

    parse {HTML} (Optional)

    Any strftime string is supported, such as %I:%M:%S %p. This format has several specifiers defined by the Open group at: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html

    PHP added a few of its own, defined at: http://www.php.net/strftime

    This JavaScript implementation supports all the PHP specifiers and a few more. The full list is below:

    If not specified, it defaults to the ISO 8601 standard date format: %Y-%m-%d.

    • %a abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale
    • %A full weekday name according to the current locale
    • %b abbreviated month name according to the current locale
    • %B full month name according to the current locale
    • %c preferred date and time representation for the current locale
    • %C century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99)
    • %d day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31)
    • %D same as %m/%d/%y
    • %e day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range 1 to 31)
    • %E day of the month as a decimal number (range 1 to 31)
    • %F same as %Y-%m-%d (ISO 8601 date format)
    • %g like %G, but without the century
    • %G The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number
    • %h same as %b
    • %H hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23)
    • %I hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12)
    • %j day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366)
    • %k hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.)
    • %l hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.)
    • %m month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12)
    • %M minute as a decimal number
    • %n newline character
    • %p either AM or PM according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale
    • %P like %p, but lower case
    • %r time in a.m. and p.m. notation equal to %I:%M:%S %p
    • %R time in 24 hour notation equal to %H:%M
    • %s number of seconds since the Epoch, ie, since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
    • %S second as a decimal number
    • %t tab character
    • %T current time, equal to %H:%M:%S
    • %u weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday
    • %U week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week
    • %V The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week.
    • %w day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0
    • %W week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week
    • %x preferred date representation for the current locale without the time
    • %X preferred time representation for the current locale without the date
    • %y year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99)
    • %Y year as a decimal number including the century
    • %z numerical time zone representation
    • %Z time zone name or abbreviation
    • %% a literal % character

Returns:

Date:

native JavaScript Date. Returns false if cannot parse.

parse

(
  • data
)
Date

Provided by the datatype-date-parse module.

Defined in yui3/src/date/js/date-parse.js:9

Converts data to type Date.

Parameters:

  • data Date | Number | String

    date object, timestamp (string or number), or string parsable by Date.parse

Returns:

Date:

a Date object or null if unable to parse

xPad

(
  • x
  • pad
  • r
)
private

Pad a number with leading spaces, zeroes or something else

Parameters:

  • x Number

    The number to be padded

  • pad String

    The character to pad the number with

  • r Number

    (optional) The base of the pad, eg, 10 implies to two digits, 100 implies to 3 digits.