I have the below code which prints out the date which is 10 working days from now. In Opera and Chrome it works as I expected and prints: Thursday, November 17, 2011
However in Firefox (6.0.2) it prints out: 11/17/2011
Does anyone know why the date isn't getting printed as a string in Firefox?
<script type="text/javascript">
function businessDays(n){
var D=new Date();
var num=Math.abs(n);
var tem,count=0;
var dir= (n<0)? -1: 1;
while(count< num){
D= new Date(D.setDate(D.getDate()+dir));
tem=D.getDay();
if(tem!=0 && tem!=6) ++count;
}
return D;
}
var D=businessDays(10).toLocaleDateString(); //string
document.write(D);
</script>
I have the below code which prints out the date which is 10 working days from now. In Opera and Chrome it works as I expected and prints: Thursday, November 17, 2011
However in Firefox (6.0.2) it prints out: 11/17/2011
Does anyone know why the date isn't getting printed as a string in Firefox?
<script type="text/javascript">
function businessDays(n){
var D=new Date();
var num=Math.abs(n);
var tem,count=0;
var dir= (n<0)? -1: 1;
while(count< num){
D= new Date(D.setDate(D.getDate()+dir));
tem=D.getDay();
if(tem!=0 && tem!=6) ++count;
}
return D;
}
var D=businessDays(10).toLocaleDateString(); //string
document.write(D);
</script>
- Yeah perhaps you should specify if this is running in the same machine. As it seems the issue is with the system not the browser. – Griphox Commented Nov 4, 2011 at 1:16
- Yes, I was on the same machine. However, I have since tried FF on a different machine and it worked as I had hoped. – a1anm Commented Nov 4, 2011 at 12:06
1 Answer
Reset to default 4According to the Mozilla documentation, the format can vary wildly depending on the user's location and puter settings.
https://developer.mozilla/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleDateString
The exact format depends on the platform, locale and user's settings.