Checking age problem with date format

[CoffeeQuick]

Hi,

I have been asked to produce an on-line application form, which requires a date of birth to be entered and then checked.

But I hit a problem with the date format, as the site is for the uk, the date format is dd/mm/yyyy, but the system date is represented in javascript in the usa format mm/dd/yyyy.

I have writen a script to re-arrange the uk date to match the usa format before doing the age check.

But I am wondering if the is a better way to do this, or a way that does not need me to re-format the date.

Here is my code to re-format the date entered

function changeToUsaDate(ukdate) {
  
     var elems = ukdate.split("/");

       var day = elems[0];
       var month = elems[1];
       var year = elems[2];
       usadate = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;

       return usadate;
}

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

John

 

[harmmeijer]

Pick from a calendar, don't have a javascript example here right now but I'm sure there are several out there.



Greetings, Harm Meijer

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Absolutely. That is really the only way to avoid date format confusion (apart from brainwashing users... and it's cheaper to get a calendar solution in, I'd say ;o)

Dan

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