dojo/date.js

• Provides:

  • dojo.date

• dojo.date

  • summary

    Date manipulation utilities

  • type

    Object

• dojo.date.getDaysInMonth

  • parameters:
    • dateObject: (typeof Date)
  • returns

    Number

  • summary

    Returns the number of days in the month used by dateObject

  • type

    Function

• dojo.date.isLeapYear

  • parameters:
    • dateObject: (typeof Date)
  • returns

    Boolean

  • summary

    Determines if the year of the dateObject is a leap year

  • description

    Leap years are years with an additional day YYYY-02-29, where the
    year number is a multiple of four with the following exception: If
    a year is a multiple of 100, then it is only a leap year if it is
    also a multiple of 400. For example, 1900 was not a leap year, but
    2000 is one.

  • type

    Function

• dojo.date.getTimezoneName

  • parameters:
    • dateObject: (typeof Date)

      Needed because the timezone may vary with time (daylight savings)

  • returns

    String

  • summary

    Get the user's time zone as provided by the browser

  • description

    Try to get time zone info from toString or toLocaleString method of
    the Date object -- UTC offset is not a time zone.  See
    http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm Note: results may be
    inconsistent across browsers.

  • type

    Function

• dojo.date.compare

  • parameters:
    • date1: (typeof Date)

      object

    • date2: (typeof Date)

      object.  If not specified, the current Date is used.

    • portion: (typeof String)

      A string indicating the "date" or "time" portion of a Date object.
      Compares both "date" and "time" by default.  One of the following:
      "date", "time", "datetime"

  • returns

    int

  • summary

    Compare two date objects by date, time, or both.

  • description

    Returns 0 if equal, positive if a > b, else negative.

  • type

    Function

• dojo.date.add

  • parameters:
    • date: (typeof Date)

      Date object to start with

    • interval: (typeof String)

      A string representing the interval.  One of the following:
      "year", "month", "day", "hour", "minute", "second",
      "millisecond", "quarter", "week", "weekday"

    • amount: (typeof int)

      How much to add to the date.

  • returns

    Date

  • summary

    Add to a Date in intervals of different size, from milliseconds to years

  • type

    Function

• dojo.date.difference

  • parameters:
    • date1: (typeof Date)

      object

    • date2: (typeof Date)

      object.  If not specified, the current Date is used.

    • interval: (typeof String)

      A string representing the interval.  One of the following:
      "year", "month", "day", "hour", "minute", "second",
      "millisecond", "quarter", "week", "weekday"
      Defaults to "day".

  • returns

    Number (integer)

  • summary

    Get the difference in a specific unit of time (e.g., number of
    months, weeks, days, etc.) between two dates, rounded to the
    nearest integer.

  • type

    Function

• dojo

  • type

    Object