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fakierock1983
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July 22, 2013
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AS2 Need help in displaying a movie depending on date

  • July 22, 2013
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Hi all,

I really hope someone can help me with the below. I've spent all day trying to fix it, but with no luck. I have an ad which needs to trace "Pre Release" on and before 27/08/2013. I then need to display "Out Friday" on dates 28/08/2013 - 29/08/2013. The last one I have is the tricky one. On and after 30/08/2013 I need it to display "Out Now", but with the code below I can't get this to work. After 30/08/2013 it's displaying "Pre Release" instead of "Out Now".

Sorry in advance if this isn't very clear, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

var_PreRelease = new Date(2013,8,27);

var_OutFri = new Date(2013,8,29);

var_OutNow = new Date(2013,8,30);

var_OutNow = new Date(2013,9,1);

// set up a variable for todays date

var_Today = new Date();

if(var_Today.getDate() <= var_PreRelease.getDate() )

{

trace("Pre release");

}

if(var_Today.getDate() == var_OutFri.getDate() )

{

trace("Out Friday");

}

if(var_Today.getDate() == var_OutFri1.getDate() )

{

trace("Out Friday");

}

if(var_Today.getDate() == var_OutNow.getDate() || var_Today.getDate() > var_OutNow.getDate())

{

trace("Out Now");

}

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Correct answer Ned Murphy

Hi Ned,

I changed the 8 to 7 etc, but it was still displaying "Pre Release" after August 30th 2013. I have been setting the Today value to go by the users computer clock. The ad is only going to be displayed in the UK, so I have been using dd/mm/yyyy to test the values. When I change my clock, everything works as it should apart from the "Out Now" after August 30th 2013. Is it possible to have 3 else ifs? The one that works great is this one:

var PreRelease = new Date(2013, 8, 27);

var OutNow = new Date(2013, 8, 30);

// set up a variable for todays date

var Today = new Date();

if (Today.getDate() <= PreRelease.getDate()){

          trace("Pre release");

} else if (Today.getDate() < OutNow.getDate()) {

          trace("Out Friday");

} else {

          trace("Out Now");

}


Here is the code that should work....

var PreRelease = new Date(2013, 7, 27);

var OutNow = new Date(2013, 7, 30);

// set up a variable for todays date

var Today = new Date();

if (Today <= PreRelease){

          trace("Pre release");

} else if (Today < OutNow) {

          trace("Out Friday");

} else {

          trace("Out Now");

}

Here is where your code was wrong (as well as anything that's been offered to you - we're all guilty of missing seeing things with this one)...

While the 8 versus 7 remains true ( August is 7, not 8 ), your conditionals have been testing the day of the month, not the date.... the getDate() method returns the day number of the month ( 1 thru 31 ).  (Sept) 1 will test < (August) 31 when you are only testing the day numbers against each other.

You should learn to use the trace() method as a troubleshooting tool.  If you were to test the values of your conditionals you would have seen where the getDate() values were not what you wanted to be testing.

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Participating Frequently
July 22, 2013

you should use - else if

var_PreRelease = new Date(2013, 8, 27);

var_OutFri = new Date(2013, 8, 29);

var_OutNow = new Date(2013, 8, 30);

var_OutNow = new Date(2013, 9, 1);

// set up a variable for todays date

var_Today = new Date();

if (var_Today.getDate() <= var_PreRelease.getDate())

{

          trace("Pre release");

}

else if (var_Today.getDate() == var_OutFri.getDate())

{

          trace("Out Friday");

}

else if (var_Today.getDate() == var_OutFri1.getDate())

{

          trace("Out Friday");

}

else if (var_Today.getDate() == var_OutNow.getDate() || var_Today.getDate() > var_OutNow.getDate())

{

          trace("Out Now");

}

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fakierock1983Author
Participating Frequently
July 22, 2013

Thanks a lot for your reply! I've tried to use the code with else if, but when I view it on the 01/09/2013 it still displays "Pre Release" instead of "Out Now". It's very tricky because on the one hand I need it to display "Pre Release" before 27/08/2013, but then display "Out Now" after 30/08/2013.

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fakierock1983Author
Participating Frequently
July 22, 2013

It looks like you did not follow my earlier posting... change the months to one less than they are... 8 becomes 7,  9 becomes 8

Then explain how you are setting the Today value to be the dates you test.


Hi Ned,

I changed the 8 to 7 etc, but it was still displaying "Pre Release" after August 30th 2013. I have been setting the Today value to go by the users computer clock. The ad is only going to be displayed in the UK, so I have been using dd/mm/yyyy to test the values. When I change my clock, everything works as it should apart from the "Out Now" after August 30th 2013. Is it possible to have 3 else ifs? The one that works great is this one:

var PreRelease = new Date(2013, 8, 27);

var OutNow = new Date(2013, 8, 30);

// set up a variable for todays date

var Today = new Date();

if (Today.getDate() <= PreRelease.getDate()){

          trace("Pre release");

} else if (Today.getDate() < OutNow.getDate()) {

          trace("Out Friday");

} else {

          trace("Out Now");

}

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