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Team:KULeuven/Tools/New Day/Date Retriever
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<html> | <html> | ||
<script type="text/javascript"> | <script type="text/javascript"> | ||
| - | + | /* | |
| + | * @author KULeuven | ||
| + | */ | ||
var monthNames = new Array('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', | var monthNames = new Array('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', | ||
'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'); | 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'); | ||
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| + | document.write(pageDate().toString().substring(0,11)); | ||
/* Extracts the corresponding calendar date out of the page url */ | /* Extracts the corresponding calendar date out of the page url */ | ||
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function datePast(ndays) { | function datePast(ndays) { | ||
var pastDate = new Date(); | var pastDate = new Date(); | ||
| - | ntime = pageDate().getTime() | + | // getDate, setDate methods are rubbish, stick to numeric substraction! |
| - | + | var ntime = pageDate().getTime() - ndays*86400*1000; | |
| - | + | ||
pastDate.setTime(ntime); | pastDate.setTime(ntime); | ||
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function dateFuture(ndays) { | function dateFuture(ndays) { | ||
var futureDate = new Date(); | var futureDate = new Date(); | ||
| - | + | // getDate, setDate methods are rubbish, stick to numeric adding! | |
| - | futureDate. | + | var ntime = pageDate().getTime() + ndays*86400*1000; |
| + | futureDate.setTime(ntime); | ||
return futureDate; | return futureDate; | ||
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switch(dayOfWeek) { | switch(dayOfWeek) { | ||
| + | // case 0 is Sunday, substract 9 days | ||
case 0: previousWeekFriday = datePast(9); break; | case 0: previousWeekFriday = datePast(9); break; | ||
default: previousWeekFriday = datePast(dayOfWeek + 2); break; | default: previousWeekFriday = datePast(dayOfWeek + 2); break; | ||
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switch(dayOfWeek) { | switch(dayOfWeek) { | ||
| + | // case 0 is Sunday, add 1 day | ||
case 0: nextWeekMonday = dateFuture(1); break; | case 0: nextWeekMonday = dateFuture(1); break; | ||
default: nextWeekMonday = dateFuture(8 - dayOfWeek); break; | default: nextWeekMonday = dateFuture(8 - dayOfWeek); break; | ||
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switch(dayOfWeek) { | switch(dayOfWeek) { | ||
| + | // case 0 is Sunday, substract 2 days | ||
case 0: thisFriday = datePast(2); break; | case 0: thisFriday = datePast(2); break; | ||
| + | // case 6 is Saturday, substract 1 day, can also be merged into default, in which case we look -1 day // ahead, corresponding to going 1 day back in the past | ||
case 6: thisFriday = datePast(1); break; | case 6: thisFriday = datePast(1); break; | ||
default: thisFriday = dateFuture(5 - dayOfWeek); break; | default: thisFriday = dateFuture(5 - dayOfWeek); break; | ||
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/* Converts a date into a valid url for the KULeuven wiki and loads the page */ | /* Converts a date into a valid url for the KULeuven wiki and loads the page */ | ||
function goToDate(date) { | function goToDate(date) { | ||
| + | // base wiki url of KULeuven | ||
var URL = "https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/"; | var URL = "https://2008.igem.org/Team:KULeuven/"; | ||
URL += date.getDate(); | URL += date.getDate(); | ||
URL += '_'; | URL += '_'; | ||
| + | // month indexing of Date object index matching to array monthNames indexing | ||
URL += monthNames[date.getMonth()]; | URL += monthNames[date.getMonth()]; | ||
URL += '_'; | URL += '_'; | ||
URL += date.getFullYear(); | URL += date.getFullYear(); | ||
| + | // redirect browser to desired day | ||
window.location.href = URL; | window.location.href = URL; | ||
} | } | ||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 29 October 2008
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