Auto Fill a Month and year

Question

I want to take the requested date of a form and auto fill boxes 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 month prior to that date. Is this possible? I have tried a few other date formula's and they are not working. I want the requested date to be mm/dd/yy format and the boxes to fill in a mmm-yy format.

try67 · Accepted Answer

Here is the custom calculation script I am using:

var requestDateString = this.getField("RequestDate").valueAsString;

if (requestDateString="") event.value = "";

else {

var d = util.scand("mm/dd/yyyy", requestDateString );

d.setMonth(d.getMonth()-6);

event.value = util.printd("mmm-yy", d);

}

I am unable to attach the document because I am on a federal laptop with so many restrictions. When I initially choose the request date the mmm-yy fills automatically as needed but when I change the request date the original mmm-yy box stays the same and does not update with the date change.

Sorry, my bad. There's a small error in the code I posted before.

Change this line:

if (requestDateString="") event.value = "";

To:

if (requestDateString=="") event.value = "";

try67 · Answer

Yes, it's possible. Here's how to do it for the one 6 months prior. You can use that code for the other boxes, with minor adjustments, as their custom calculation script:

var requestDateString = this.getField("RequestDate").valueAsString;

if (requestDateString=="") event.value = "";

else {

var d = util.scand("mm/dd/yy", requestDateString );

d.setMonth(d.getMonth()-6);

event.value = util.printd("mmm-yy", d);

}

Edit: Small mistake in the code fixed

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