getDate does not return formatted date on dhtmlxDblCalendarO

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#1

When getting the selected date from the calendar I alway get something like “Thu Feb 21 2008 00:00:00 GMT-0600 (CDT)”. I need ‘2008-02-21’ and have set the format as below. How can I get the format I want?



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var mCal = new dhtmlxDblCalendarObject(‘cal_’,false);

mCal.leftCalendar.setOnClickHandler(function(this){setRangeDate(this,‘fromDate’)});

mCal.rightCalendar.setOnClickHandler(function(this){setRangeDate(this,‘toDate’)});

var fromDate = document.getElementById(‘fromDate’).value;

var toDate = document.getElementById(‘toDate’).value;

mCal.leftCalendar.setFormatedDate(’%Y-%m-%d’,fromDate);

mCal.rightCalendar.setFormatedDate(’%Y-%m-%d’,toDate);

mCal.leftCalendar.setDateFormat(’%Y-%m-%d’);

mCal.rightCalendar.setDateFormat(’%Y-%m-%d’);

mCal.draw();



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setRangeDate = function(calObj,elem){

var d = calObj.getDate();

document.getElementById(elem).value=d;

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}

#2

Grid supports two different command

calObj.getDate(); 

  • returns javascript date object
    calObj.getFormatedDate();
  • returns date as string in specified format
#3

Thanks for the prompt reply.  Is the getFormatedDate function documented anywhere?  I did not see in the cal API docs.

#4

Please, see calendar’s documentation. Try to find the “Formating date” article in the dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dht … guide.html