Mega Code Archive
Date Validation in a Form
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/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Date Entry Validation</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
// **BEGIN GENERIC VALIDATION FUNCTIONS**
// general purpose function to see if an input value has been entered at all
function isEmpty(inputStr) {
if (inputStr == "" || inputStr == null) {
return true
}
return false
}
// function to determine if value is in acceptable range for this application
function inRange(inputStr, lo, hi) {
var num = parseInt(inputStr, 10)
if (num < lo || num > hi) {
return false
}
return true
}
// **END GENERIC VALIDATION FUNCTIONS**
function validateMonth(field, bypassUpdate) {
var input = field.value
if (isEmpty(input)) {
alert("Be sure to enter a month value.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
input = parseInt(field.value, 10)
if (isNaN(input)) {
alert("Entries must be numbers only.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
if (!inRange(input,1,12)) {
alert("Enter a number between 1 (January) and 12 (December).")
select(field)
return false
}
}
}
if (!bypassUpdate) {
calcDate()
}
return true
}
function validateDate(field) {
var input = field.value
if (isEmpty(input)) {
alert("Be sure to enter a date value.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
input = parseInt(field.value, 10)
if (isNaN(input)) {
alert("Entries must be numbers only.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
var monthField = document.birthdate.month
if (!validateMonth(monthField, true)) return false
var monthVal = parseInt(monthField.value, 10)
var monthMax = new Array(31,31,29,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31)
var top = monthMax[monthVal]
if (!inRange(input,1,top)) {
alert("Enter a number between 1 and " + top + ".")
select(field)
return false
}
}
}
calcDate()
return true
}
function validateYear(field) {
var input = field.value
if (isEmpty(input)) {
alert("Be sure to enter a year value.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
input = parseInt(field.value, 10)
if (isNaN(input)) {
alert("Entries must be numbers only.")
select(field)
return false
} else {
if (!inRange(input,1900,2005)) {
alert("Enter a number between 1900 and 2005.")
select(field)
return false
}
}
}
calcDate()
return true
}
function select(field) {
field.focus()
field.select()
}
function calcDate() {
var mm = parseInt(document.birthdate.month.value, 10)
var dd = parseInt(document.birthdate.date.value, 10)
var yy = parseInt(document.birthdate.year.value, 10)
document.birthdate.fullDate.value = mm + "/" + dd + "/" + yy
}
function checkForm(form) {
if (validateMonth(form.month)) {
if (validateDate(form.date)) {
if (validateYear(form.year)) {
return true
}
}
}
return false
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="birthdate" ACTION="mailto:info@rntsoft.com" METHOD=POST onSubmit="return checkForm(this)">
Please enter your birthdate...<BR>
Month:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="month" VALUE=1 SIZE=2 onChange="validateMonth(this)">
Date:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="date" VALUE=1 SIZE=2 onChange="validateDate(this)">
Year:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="year" VALUE=1900 SIZE=4 onChange="validateYear(this)">
<P>
Thank you for entering:<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fullDate" SIZE=10><P>
<INPUT TYPE="submit"> <INPUT TYPE="Reset">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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