On Apr 14, 8:58 am, Klaus Hartl <klaus.ha...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 14 Apr., 15:41, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So what is the error
>
> The error is obviously that toDate is not a jQuery method. Another
Right.
> problem is that that Dreamweaver method is using document.write which
> can cause a problem depending on where the function is being called
> and which is usually avoided in jQuery land.
Calling document.write in a jQuery ready callback won't work
consistently.
>
> Since toDate is not (yet) a jQuery method, let's make one:
>
> (function($) {
>
> var days = [
> 'Sunday',
> 'Monday',
> 'Tuesday',
> 'Wednesday',
> 'Thursday',
> 'Friday',
> 'Saturday'
> ];
>
> var months = [
> 'January',
> 'February',
> 'March',
> 'April',
> 'May',
> 'June',
> 'July',
> 'August',
> 'September',
> 'October',
> 'November',
> 'December'
> ];
>
> $.fn.toDate = function() {
> var now = new Date;
> return this.html('<p>Today\'s Date:<br />' + days[now.getDay
> ()] +
> ', ' + now.getDate() + ' ' + months[now.getMonth()] +
> ' ' +
> now.getFullYear() + '</p>');
> };
>
> })(jQuery);
>
> Now you can use it like:
>
> $(document).ready(function() {
> $('#today').toDate();
>
> });
>
Or not. The above is fine for some locales, but not all.
If you want to format a local date, what is wrong with just having:-
var todayEl = document.getElementById("today");
todayEl.innerHTML = formatDate(new Date); // [1]
?
[1]http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#formatDate
Garrett
