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Old 10-13-2003, 09:23 AM   PM User | #1
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Question dd/mm/yy --> mm/dd/yy

dd/mm/yy --> mm/dd/yy
Any known script for this?

Or better, any DateDiff script that works with the dd/mm/yy format?

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Old 10-13-2003, 01:54 PM   PM User | #2
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Code:
function dateDiff(date1, date2)
	{
	// EXPECTS 2 DATES IN dd/mm/yy or dd/mm/yyyy FORMAT
	var date1Array = date1.split('/');
	var date2Array = date2.split('/');

	// IF LENGTH OF DATE IS 2 CHARS CONVERT TO 4 CHARS
	if (date1Array[2].length == 2)
		{
		if (date1Array[2] > 70)
			date1Array[2] = '19'+date1Array[2];
		else
			date1Array[2] = '20'+date1Array[2];
		}

	if (date2Array[2].length == 2)
		{
		if (date2Array[2] > 70)
			date2Array[2] = '19'+date2Array[2];
		else
			date2Array[2] = '20'+date2Array[2];
		}

	// CREATE DATE OBJECTS
	var date1Obj = new Date(date1Array[2], date1Array[1]-1, date1Array[0]);
	var date2Obj = new Date(date2Array[2], date2Array[1]-1, date2Array[0]);

	var oneDay=1000*60*60*24;
	
	// CONVERT DATE OBJECTS TO TIMESTAMPS
	var date1Stamp = date1Obj.getTime();
	var date2Stamp = date2Obj.getTime();

	// CALCULATE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN DATES
	if (date1Stamp > date2Stamp)
		alert(Math.ceil((date1Stamp - date2Stamp) / oneDay));
	else
		alert(Math.ceil((date2Stamp - date1Stamp) / oneDay));
	}
Hope this helps
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That's great! Thanks alot!
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