spanish date script

[StephanieCC]

I have a date script on my site and have just created a Spanish version of the site and have been looking for a way to have the date display in Spanish--here's the script:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var thisyear = today.getYear(); // varies in JavaScript and JScript
document.write(isnMonths[today.getMonth()+1]+" "+today.getDate()+", ")
if (thisyear >= 2000) { // covers JScript post 2000
document.write(thisyear);
}
else { // covers JScript from 1900 thru 1999 and JavaScript until 3899
document.write(1900 + thisyear);
} // not handled: JScript pre 1900
-->
</script>

here's the English web page with date

http://www.provlib.org

here's the Spanish page

http://www.provlib.org/happening/spanish/default.html

thanks, Stephanie

 

[audiopro]

I don't program Javascript so can't help with the syntax.
You already have the day number and month number so set up arrays DaysOfWeek and MonthsOfYear and create the display on the fly.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[deputydoofy]

Just as a side note, you should use today.getFullYear() if you want the year in 4 digits.
Also, I don't even think you need to specifically check that the year is less than or greater than 2000 unless you simply want to send an alert to the user to fix their time/date settings.
Lastly, if you're trying to do a list of Spanish months, set them up in an array.
var spanishMonths=new Array("enero","febrero",...etc.)

Then you could do...
var date=spanishMonths[today.getMonth()]+" "+today.getDate()+", "+today.getFullYear();

Or something like that, anyway.

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