Creating future date and formatting it

[mais123]

Hi I need to create a date that is 21 days in the future and output it in this format: mm/dd/yyyy
I have this:
var d = new Date();
d.setDate(d.getDate() + 21);
var formattedDate = d.getMonth() + '/' + d.getDate() + '/' + d.getFullYear()
alert(formattedDate);

I get 3/2/2008 for formatted date. However, when I output d variable I get the correct date in the future. Whats wrong with formatting?

Thnaks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you mean you're missing the leading "0" in single-digit dates, you have to code that yourself. It doesn't come for free with the date object.

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[Bong]

I see the same thing:
the value of d is (correctly) April 3, 2008
but the value of d.getMonth() is 3 (should be 4).

That said, I have no idea why.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Months are not 0 based using JS Date objects.

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[Bong]

Right, so April should be 4.

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[kaht]

Right, so April should be 4.

Nope, 0 based means it starts counting from 0:

0 - January
1 - February
2 - March
3 - April
etc...

-kaht

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[Bong]

Months are not 0 based using JS Date objects.

Ah. By "are not" you mean "are".

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Oops - sorry, yes. My brain knew what I meant... my fingers did not ;-)




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