RadDatePicker setting Date in German Format

[Deva Kumar]

Dear Experts,

I have a issue on setting the RadDatePicker Date using set_selectedDate client side method.
I have also set the culture of the RadDatePicker contrl.

I am able to perform this - Culture - en-US

        rdpicker.set_selectedDate(

new Date('05/01/2009'));

But I am unable to perform this - Culture - de-DE
        rdpicker.set_selectedDate(new Date('05.01.2009'));

I guess this could be the problem on date format in client side.

Could you please help me on this?

Thank you,
Deva

 

[Daniel]

Hello Deva,

The Date object is part of JavaScript language and not a Telerik's client-side method. Please examine the following links for more information:
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_obj_date.asp
http://www.devguru.com/technologies/ecmascript/QuickRef/date.html
http://www.prism.washington.edu/lc/CLWEBCLB/jst/js_datetime.html
http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascriptdate.php

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Daniel
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[Deva Kumar]

Thanks for your kind support Daniel. I understood that

Can I pass a date like this "2008-12-04T05:00:00Z" to the Date parameter of this function.???

rdpicker.set_selectedDate(new Date('2008-12-04T05:00:00Z'));

I feel like - by doing this - I can avoid the German/English culture problems and just set the culture property of RADDATEPICKER alone.

Thank you,
Deva

[Daniel]

Hello Deva,

RadDatePicker's set_selectedDate property accepts JavaScript Date object as parameter. If you pass the date in the mentioned notation you will probably receive an "Invalid Date" error.

You should construct the date in a similar manner:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var stringDate = '2008-12-04T05:00:00Z';
    var dPart = stringDate.split("T")[0].split("-");
    var tPart = stringDate.split("T")[1].split(":");
    var dateObject = new Date(dPart[0], dPart[1] - 1, dPart[2], tPart[0], tPart[1], tPart[2].split("Z")[0], 0);
    alert(stringDate + "\n" + dateObject);
</script>

Regards,
Daniel
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[Deva Kumar]

Thanks a lot Daniel. :)

The solution provided by you is simply superb. Thanks again.

The problem is solved for me.

Thank you,
Deva