Javascript DateFormat ( 6 month window)

[korssane]

Hi Guys ,

i am wondering how i can get the current 6 month windows like the following

always based onthe current month


Aug-11
Sep-11
Oct-11
Nov-11
Dec-11
Jan-12


thanks!

[venegal]

var monthSpan = 6;
var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];

var date = new Date();
date.setDate(1);

var output = "";
for (var i = 0; i < monthSpan; i++) {
    output += months[date.getMonth()] + '-' + (date.getFullYear() % 100) + '\n';
    date.setMonth(date.getMonth() + 1);
}

alert(output); 

[korssane]

Thank you so much venegal for the help ,

i will figure out how to assign each month a specific variable...

thanks again

[korssane]

Do you mind another question. i am stack on something else ..
iam unable to get the value of a dynamic generated dropdownlist

i can get it on firefox but not IE..

any idea ?

thanks

[venegal]

For this one, you should probably post your code, so we can see why your method wouldn't work in IE.

[korssane]

OK i ll do ,
thanks budd. i will create a new thread and hope you will see it..lol

[Old Pedant]

i will figure out how to assign each month a specific variable...

Don't do it!

Use an array and assign the months to elements of the array.

Example, based on Venegal's code:

var monthSpan = 6;
var months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];

var date = new Date();
date.setDate(1);

[COLOR="Red"]var namedMonths = []; // this is the array of names![/COLOR]
for (var i = 0; i < monthSpan; i++) {
    [COLOR="Red"]namedMonts[i] = months[date.getMonth()] + '-' + (date.getFullYear() % 100);[/COLOR]
    date.setMonth(date.getMonth() + 1);
}

Now you have a nice array, where namedMonths[0] is the current month and (for example) namedMonths[5] is the sixth month.

MUCH better than trying to create and use 6 separate variables.

[korssane]

already did it and it works great

thanks a bunch guys.

[korssane]

Hi Guys,
i got another issue when trying to insert those values into oracle db ..
it seems it does not recognize mmm-yy format

and gives me ORA-01843: not valid month
my Oracle field is a date filed type.

Is there a way to leave the actual format and just create another one with date type ?
or just give it the 'mm/dd/yyyy' format with mask 'mmm-yy'

thanks