Day of Week Date Display (Full date display)

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June 10, 2024
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I am preparing a form and want users to select dates.
When they do, I want the date displayed with the day of the week.
For example, if they select June 9th, 2024 from the date picker, I want it to display as Monday, June 20th, 2024.
How do I do this?

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In the format tab select Date, then Custom, then enter the following into the field:

dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy

It won't give you the st, nd, rd in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. You would have to write a custom function for that.

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In the format tab select Date, then Custom, then enter the following into the field:

dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy

It won't give you the st, nd, rd in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. You would have to write a custom function for that.

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What custom function should I write for the suffixes?

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In the format tab, enter the following custom format script:

AFDate_FormatEx("mm/dd/yyyy");
var date=util.scand("mm/dd/yyyy", event.value);
function ordinal(n)
{
var s = ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'];
var m = n % 100;
return n + (s[(m - 20) % 10] || s[m] || s[0]);
};

event.value=util.printd("dddd, mmmm ",date)+
ordinal(util.printd("d",date))+
util.printd(", yyyy", date);

And enter the follow custom keystroke script:

AFDate_KeystrokeEx("mm/dd/yyyy");

These 2 articles explain how the custom format scripts work and how to find the scripts:

https://pdfautomationstation.substack.com/p/custom-format-for-pdf-fields

https://pdfautomationstation.substack.com/p/more-custom-formatting-for-pdf-fields

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