Is it possible to return a javascript date object from this? I have an text input field with the calendar and want to return a standard date object from it's value... Is this possible?
Is this what you are looking for?
var date = '2016-06-12'; // Can be document.getElementById('myField').value that points to your date field.
var date_parts = date.split('-');
var date_obj = new Date(date_parts[0],date_parts[1],date_parts[2]);
console.log(date_obj);
You can also simply use
new Date(document.getElementById('myField').value)
and see if it works. The date function is smart enough to parse based on browser's locale. This should work for time as well. Eg. new Date('2016-06-12 04:15:30')
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I'm trying to come up with a simple conditional format formula for highlighting cells that have a date that is greater than three months older than today's date. It seems though that the "Date is before" option only gives a few options, none of them seem to allow what I'm looking for. Is there a custom formula that could accomplish this?
Edit: attaching a snip of the column in question:
Formula :
=DAYS(now(),B2)>90
Go to the custom formula in the conditional formating rules and use this:
=DATEDIF(A1,TODAY(),"D")<90
try:
=1*C2>DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH(TODAY())+3, DAY(TODAY()))
also make sure you have valid dates and not plain text dates. you can test this with ISDATE formula
You can use Apps Script and a Custom Menu in order to solve your issue with setting the color in the cell depending on the date. Go to Tools->Script Editor and paste this code:
function onOpen() {
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
ui.createMenu('Custom Menu')
.addItem('Check Difference', 'dateDifference')
.addToUi();
}
function dateDifference(){
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getActiveRange(); // Get the selected range on the sheet
var dates = sheet.getValues(); // Get the values in the selected range
var oneDay = 1000*60*60*24;
var row = 1;
var re = /^(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[\/\-](0?[1-9]|1[012])[\/\-]\d{4}$/; // This will help you to check if it's really a date
dates.forEach(function(el){ // Iterate over each value
if(typeof el[0] == 'object'){ // Check if it's really a date
var gmtZone = el[0].toString().split(" ")[4].split(":")[0]; // Take the date's GMT
var dateFormatted = Utilities.formatDate(el[0], gmtZone, "dd/MM/yyyy"); // Format the date
if(re.test(dateFormatted)){ // Test if it's the right format
// This part will calculate the difference between the current date and the future date
var futureDateMs = new Date(el[0]);
var todayDateMs = (new Date()).getTime();
var differenceInMs = futureDateMs - todayDateMs;
var differenceInDays = Math.round(differenceInMs/oneDay);
if(differenceInDays >= 91.2501){ // Test if the difference it's greater to 91.2501 days (3 motnhs)
sheet.getCell(row, 1).setBackground("#00FF00"); // Set the color to the cell
}
row++;
}
}
});
Save it by clicking on File->Save.
Then you can select a range in a column and click on Custom Menu->Check Difference as you can see in the next image:
As you can see, you will get the desired result:
Notice
It's really important to be careful with what you consider to be a "month", I mean how many days you are going to take into consideration. In my code, I took Google's suggestion of 1 = 30.4167.
Docs
These are other Docs I read to be able to help you:
Utilities.formatDate()
Working with Dates and Times.
I hope this approach can help you.
I need to set in a google form response the today date (Not hardcoded) when submited
I'm accesing the form, adding a date question, setting the title and the help text, but nothing more
function myFunction() {
var myForm = FormApp.openById("MyFormID");
var formDate = myForm.addDateItem();
formDate.setTitle('Ciclo');
formDate.setHelpText('Ciclo de registro');
//This is doing nothing at all
//var formDateResponse = formDate.createResponse(new Date());
}
Im only getting the date question unfilled
A FormResponse has a getTimestamp() function built into it.
If you are using an onSubmit Trigger you can get it by:
function onSubmit(e){
var response = e.response;
var timestamp = response.getTimestamp(); //Date Object!
}
It's important to note that if you have an onSubmit Trigger in Google Sheets it does not provide the e.response FormResponse object, but instead a values array, namedValues array, or range object.
What is the best way to determine the correct date format (dd/mm or mm/dd) of a Google Form response.
When I use the namedValues object:
function onFormSubmit(e){
var namedValues = e.namedValues;
var date = namedValues['Date']; // Date=[05/06/2018]
var date = new Date(date);
Logger.log(date); //Sun May 06 00:00:00 GMT+10:00 2018
}
When I use the value from the spreadsheet:
function onFormSubmit(e){
var range = e.range;
var row = range.getRow();
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Form Responses 1');
var date = sheet.getRange(row,2).getValue();
Logger.log(date); //Mon Jun 05 00:00:00 GMT+10:00 2018
}
I don't know whether I should be, but I am hesitant using the values from the spreadsheet in an onFormSubmit trigger, since I have experienced instability in the past where I think the trigger was running before the data was being posted to the spreadsheet.
I cannot find anything in the Google Forms documentation stating whether a date response is always in a consistent format. If it was always dd/mm/yyyy I could construct the date using the string parts.
Is there a way to use determine the correct date format from the namedValues object?
P.S I would rather not use the moment.js library for this one requirement, so keen to understand if its possible without.
You Google form will constantly submit the date in the same format, but your sheet might change the appearance of formatting.
Also, there is now a date format utility built into Apps script. You can change the date string to the format that you need.
// This formats the date as Greenwich Mean Time in the format
// year-month-dateThour-minute-second.
var formattedDate = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
Logger.log(formattedDate);
I am trying to add a day to my date:
let createdDate = moment(new Date()).utc().format();
let expirationDate = moment(createdDate).add(1, 'd');
console.log(expirationDate);
However, this keeps returning an obscure object {_i: "2017-12-20T21:06:21+00:00", _f: "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss Z", _l: undefined, _isUTC: false, _a: Array(7), …}
fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/rLjQx/4982/
Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
You are logging a moment object. As the Internal Properties guide states:
To print out the value of a Moment, use .format(), .toString() or .toISOString().
let createdDate = moment(new Date()).utc().format();
let expirationDate = moment(createdDate).add(1, 'd');
console.log(expirationDate.format());
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.20.1/moment.min.js"></script>
Please note that you can get the current date using moment() (no need to use new Date()) or moment.utc().
I will go with this one, simple works for me and I don't think you need other function to only add day in moment.
var yourPreviousDate = new Date();
var yourExpectedDate = moment(yourPreviousDate).add(1, 'd')._d;
The add method modifies the moment object. So when you log it, you're not getting an obscure object, you're getting the moment object you're working with. Are you expecting a formatted date? Then use format or some other method.
I agree with other answers just providing shortcut and different ways
You can do the format at the same time
moment().add(1,'d').format('YYYY-MM-DD');
or you can just format any date or date object
moment(result.StartDate).format('YYYY-MM-DD');
In a view panel, I have one col that is displayed as HTML because I am pointing to documents created with a traditional form. So, I can't set the "Display type" to anything except a String. I've tried to convert the value by using toJavaDate, but that didn't work.
Here is the formula for my HTML column where rowData is the var or view panel. myserver/folder/myapp.nsf part I changed so that I could paste it here...
if (!rowData.isCategory())
var disp = rowData.getColumnValue("PayPeriod");
"<a href='https://myserver/folder/myapp.nsf/0/"+rowData.getUniversalID()+"?OpenDocument'>"
+disp+"</a>"
The link works properly in my view, but the value displayed shows a full date & time value (6/15/13 8:51 AM). All I am trying to do is display it as 06/15/2013 (MM/DD/YYYY)
if the column is set to date you could use this to get the correct date format
if (!rowData.isCategory())
var formatter
if(viewScope.formatter){
formatter=viewScope.formatter
}else{
formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yyyy" );
viewScope.formatter=formatter
}
var d = rowData.getColumnValue("PayPeriod");
var disp=formatter.format(d)
"<a href='https://myserver/folder/myapp.nsf/0/"+rowData.getUniversalID()+"?OpenDocument'>"
+disp+"</a>"