How to write JavaScript with date comparisons

asked on October 5, 2018

Good Morning,

I really need some help and I have very little experience with JavaScript and my "go to" person is out on maternity leave.

We are sending out a public notice and in this notice, we have to incorporate a link for the "Public Comment" form that can be used to submit comments. To do this, I have utilized the business process from the Laserfiche Forms library. My problem arises with the fact that I do not want the submit button to work unless the current date is equal to or between the start and end date.

I can find all kinds of code with different pieces but without a background in javascript, I am at a loss on how to put it together and make it work.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

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replied on October 5, 2018

Hi Beverly,

Are the users entering the start and end dates? If this is the case, something like this might work:

$(document).ready(function() {
  // The startDate and endDate selectors will be different for you.
  var $startDate = $("#Field1");
  var $endDate = $("#Field2");
  var $submit = $(".Submit");
  
  $startDate.add($endDate).on(
    "change",
    function() {
      // Create moment objects for the start, end, and current dates
      var startDate = moment($startDate.val());
      var endDate = moment($endDate.val());
      var currentDate = moment();

      if (!currentDate.isBetween(startDate, endDate)) {
        $submit.hide();
      } else {
        $submit.show();
      }
    }
  );
});

Note that your start and end date selectors will probably be different.

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replied on October 8, 2018

You are wonderful. Thank worked great!

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