I'm allowing the user to enter in a time, and then in javascript it will take that time and validate it, then make it a military time if it's not a military time already. I wanted to make them conform to a specific time (dropdowns for hours, minutes), but everyone else is saying to allow them to enter ANY time into a free for all text box and then convert it into a military time. I have no idea how to even start this, I've wrote up the validator, but is there a quick painless way to write up something that will take any none military time and make it a military time?
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Converting user entered time to military
- Thread starter faiyth
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Code:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>JavaScript Clock</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT TYPE="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT">
<!-- Hide script from old browsers
function showMilitaryTime() {
if (document.theForm.showMilitary[0].checked) {
return true
}
return false
}
function showTheHours(theHour) {
if (showMilitaryTime() || (theHour > 0 && theHour < 13)) {
return (theHour)
}
if (theHour == 0) {
return (12)
}
return (theHour-12)
}
function showZeroFilled(inValue) {
if (inValue > 9) {
return ":" + inValue
}
return ":0" + inValue
}
function showAmPm() {
if (showMilitaryTime()) {
return ("")
}
if (now.getHours() < 12) {
return (" am")
}
return (" pm")
}
function showTheTime() {
now = new Date
document.theForm.showTime.value = showTheHours(now.getHours()) + showZeroFilled(now.getMinutes()) + showZeroFilled(now.getSeconds()) + showAmPm()
setTimeout("showTheTime()",1000)
}
// End hiding script from old browsers -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=WHITE onLoad="showTheTime()">
<CENTER>
<FORM NAME="theForm">
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="showTime" SIZE=11><P>
Display Military Time?
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="showMilitary" CHECKED>Yes
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="showMilitary">No
</FORM>
</CENTER>
</BODY>
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- Thread starter
- #3
Alright great. I used that and it displays the time. but just NOW's time. I'm taking this and using it to let a user enter 4pm into a text box, when they leave that text box it's going to take the time they entered, make sure it's a time, and then turn that time into military time, then put it back in that text box. They could put ANY time in the text box.
So if they typed in:
1am -> 01:00
4:10 pm - > 16:10
1pm - > 13:00
etc etc etc.
So if they typed in:
1am -> 01:00
4:10 pm - > 16:10
1pm - > 13:00
etc etc etc.
- Thread starter
- #4
You should include some validation to make sure the input is correct, but how about this:
Adam
while(ignorance){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life=life-1};
Code:
<script>
function standardToMilitaryTime(t){
var d=new Date("1/1/1900 "+t);
return d.getHours()+":"+(d.getMinutes().toString().length==1?"0"+d.getMinutes():d.getMinutes())
}
alert(standardToMilitaryTime("9:23 pm"))
</script>Adam
while(ignorance){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life=life-1};
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