Add/Subtract Days to a Date and pass to a Record Object

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Add/Subtract Days to a Date and pass to a Record Object

This article has been updated.(again 14th April 2009)

 

Dates can be a bit of a challenge. This article explains three points:

• how to convert a record’s date field value into a JavaScript Date object.
• how to add/subtract days to a JavaScript Date object. 
• how to pass a JavaScript Date object to a record’s date field value.

1. How to convert a record’s date field value into a JavaScript Date object
var cardate = new Date (carRecord.vcar_DateMade);

Please read the article "Validation of Dates" which discusses the parsing rules that need to be followed to succesfully create a date object.

2. How to add/subtract days to a JavaScript Date object
cardate.setDate(cardate.getDate() -14 );

3. How to pass a JavaScript Date object to a record’s date field value
// myRecord is a communication record (already created)
myRecord.Comm_ToDateTime = cardate.getVarDate() ;

That’s it!! Its easy once you know!