JavaScript that identifies if date entered is weekday or weekend?

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November 12, 2019
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Hi Guys

I'm currently using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. I'm trying to create a form so that when the user inserts a date into a field a JavaScript will identify if this is a weekday or weekend. Depending on which is entered it will then add a specific rate. i.e. Weekday = £65 and Weekend =£130.

Can someone please help me or point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Acrobat SDK and JavaScript

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ciaranmskeaAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you for your advice and video links.

I'm still having difficulty finding a script that will know if the date selected is a weekday or weekend and auto populate another field with a specific rate i.e. £65 Weekday, £130 Weekend.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Bernd provided the correct answer, but the first thing the script needs to do is to convert the text date entry into a Date Object. How this is done depends on the format. But lets just assume for this example that it's simple.

This script was designed to go into the Custom validate script of the date field.

var oMyDate = util.scand("mm/dd/yyyy", event.value);

if(oMyDate)

{

var nDayOfWeek = oMyDate.getDay();

if((nDayOfWeek == 0) || (nDayOfWeek == 6))

this.getField("Rate").value = 130;

else

this.getField("Rate").value = 65;

}

else

this.getField("Rate").value = 0;

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

ls_rbls

Community Expert

Hi

++ Adding to suggestion what you are looking for in your script is found in this Thom Parker's tutorial:Working with date and time in Acrobat JavaScript

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/date_time_part2

Use the included PDF practice file for your script which does just what you're looking for:

https://acrobatusers.com/assets/collections/tutorials/legacy/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/date_time_part2/DatesExample2_blank.pdf