format a PDF form date as example " 12TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2018 "

FIXED .. you were correct both the "getOrdinalNum" and "legalDate" when added resolved the issue.. My nubee THANKS! for you help..

I currently have NO form that works.. all fail

It is a TEST form that fails

I can send my failing one cell form..

yes ..

"

ReferenceError: legalDate is not defined

3:Field:Format

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The issue exists in IE and Acrobat pro

yes.. no error from "custom validation script " .. except when in testing when  I did intentionally enter an invalid date..

You need to find the ordinal suffix for the day of the month and then create the formatted string;

You have not explained how the date will be entered into the form.

I would create the following document level functions:

function getOrdinalNum(n) {

// append ordinal suffix to n value;

  return n + (n > 0 ? ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'][(n > 3 && n < 21) || n % 10 > 3 ? 0 : n % 10] : '');

}

function legalDate(oDate) {

// return ordinal date string form passed date object;

return getOrdinalNum(oDate.getDate()) + " day of " + util.printd("mmmm", oDate) + " " + oDate.getFullYear();

}

For auto filling a date field, create the following document level script:

// fill in field AutoLegalDate on open of PDF;

this.getField("autoLegalDate").value = legalDate(new Date()).toUpperCase();;

For entering a date value into a form field with a date format of "dd-mmm-yyyy" enter the following scripts:

// custom validation script on the "Validation tab;

if(util.scand("dd-mmm-yyyy", event.value) == null) {

app.alert("Enter valid date as dd-mmm-yyyy", 1, 0);

event.rc = false;

}

// for the "Format" tab enter the following "Custom  Format Script", do not use the "Date" format option:

if(event.value != "") event.value = legalDate(util.scand("dd-mmm=yyyy", event.value)).toUpperCase();

Link to ordinalSuffix.pdf, a working example, does not force all caps.

You should use a custom format, like this one:

dd\t\h \d\a\y \o\f mmmm, yyyy

Text field properties : Format : Date :

You would need to use a custom format script that will convert the user's input into this string. The trickier part is the ordinal suffix after the date ("-st", "-nd", "-rd", "-th").