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  tysonkb

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  Parsing a string into javascript date object based on locale

  Oct 14, 2009 06:59 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  I have got a text box where the user enters a date, for example for the 20th of Jan - my American users will enter '1/20/2009' and my Australian users will enter '20/1/2009'. How can I parse these different string formats into the same javascript Date object so I can work with it on the client? Can I use the microsoft AJAX library with MVC (asp:ScriptManager EnableScriptGlobalization="true")?
  

  Thanks!
  

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  KeFang Chen ...

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  Re: Parsing a string into javascript date object based on locale

  Oct 15, 2009 10:03 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  Maybe you can take a look at the following code. But firstly you need to download the jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js from Jquery.

  Firstly we need to import 2 scripts and a css file.

  <link href="../../css/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  
  
      <script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  
  
      <script src="../../Scripts/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

  
  
  

  Then

  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
     
      $(document).ready(function() {
     
      $('#DateReleased').datepicker({
          duration: '',
          showTime: true,
          constrainInput: false
      });
  
      }
    )
  </script>
  
  
  <label for="DateReleased">DateReleased:</label>
                  <%= Html.TextBox("DateReleased",null, ViewData["Readonly"] as IDictionary<string, object>)%>

  
  

  Dictionary<string, object> ID = new Dictionary<string, object>();
              
              ID.Add("readonly", "readonly");
              ViewData["Readonly"] = ID;

  
  
  

  • Edited by KeFang Chen - MSFT on Oct 15, 2009 10:06 AM
  • Marked as answer by ricka6 on Oct 15, 2009 06:11 PM
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  tysonkb

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  Re: Parsing a string into javascript date object based on locale

  Oct 15, 2009 02:18 PM|LINK

  I worked it out. I can use Microsoft AJAX library with globalisation support, however as it is a MVC application I can't use the asp:ScriptResource tags.

  
  

  I found this post:

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/817046/what-about-script-globalization-of-microsoftajax-js-in-asp-net-mvc

  
  

  you can then use the date format functions in the microsoft AJAX library to do string to date conversions and date to string based on the user's locale.
  

  • Marked as answer by tysonkb on Oct 15, 2009 02:19 PM