Comments on: Do you have a pretty date?

By: mountlaurel

mountlaurel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:28:33 +0000

thanks for this nice information on dates and javascript

By: anewton

anewton — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:03:47 +0000

For the Mootoolers out there: check out Date.js and Date.Extras.js @ Clientside

By: Eric the .5b

Eric the .5b — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:59:58 +0000

@BillG123 – You do realize this does the exact opposite of that script?

By: Andy Kant

Andy Kant — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:52:31 +0000

@Jordan
I agree with Bub, this version is more readable (and cleaner) and is easy enough to understand seeing as though John broke unique statements up into different lines.

By: Bub

Bub — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:32:00 +0000

@Jordan:
It’s really a matter of personal preference. That return statement is more readable to me than 8 if-elseif blocks, uses less lines / characters to edit, 1 return statement instead of 8, etc. And in the constant battle to minimize downloads, a few characters saved here and there makes a huge difference in the long run.

By: mattk

mattk — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:18:30 +0000

I use a php script that I found off of PHP.net for that. I couldn’t see a reason why you would want a Javascript version, it simply slows the proccess of your app down. Javascript like could be done with less stress on the server and the user if it was done server side. Just a Though :)

By: BillyG123

BillyG123 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:41:19 +0000

I saw that, but I also saw http://www.datejs.com/ back on Nov. 28th.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:16:07 +0000

I should also add that it's just like those people who elect to reduce an equation down for the sake of shortness or speed, at the cost of making the code nonintuitive. e.g., if(mouseUp && !(isDragging || isDropping) && (dataLoading || dataExists)) if(!(!mouseUp || isDragging && isDropping || dataLoading && dataExists)) //I saved 1 character!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:01:59 +0000

If you call using logical operators instead of if-else statements pretty, and not used once but eight times in the same statement, then I have nothing to say.