Validate Same Month

How can I validate in Javascript that two dates are within the same month without comparing the first two characters of the date string (i.e. 05/11/2004)?

what form is the input in?
if it is dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy, then you have to compare the mm to the other mm. Of course there are more and less efficient ways to do this.
Here's how I'd do it.

Code:

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date1 = "24/02/1986"
date2 = "11/05/2004"
Ar1 = new Array()
Ar2 = new Array()
Ar1 = split(date1,"/")
Ar2 = split(date2,"/")
if (Ar1[1] == Ar2[1])
  {
  //Same month
  }

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Dredging up a memory of javascript, there is a date type. If you can get the entered date into it I think there is a property or method of .month()


Vince

Code:

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//To get the current month:
now = new Dat()
current_month = now.getMonth()

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That will get you the current month, but this isn't very useful for comparing two dates. It could be if one of the dates is always todays date I suppose. You'll still have to use the mm from dd/mm/yyyy from the other date though.
If you're simply trying to compare two dates, use the code I supplied in the first post.

Quote:

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Code:

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//To get the current month:
now = new Dat()
current_month = now.getMonth()

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Following on...

Code:

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strDate1 = "24/02/1986"
strDate2 = "11/05/2004"

// dunno if this works? or how it copes with american/english date formats
dte1 = strDate1.toDate()
dte2 = strDate2.toDate()

if (dte1.getMonth() == dte2.getMonth()) {
//do whatever
}

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But hey its your choice, we are just providing options :)


Vince