two sets of dates

[Jim]

Hi. is it possible to send two sets of dates to date picker that will cause two different visual behaviours? for exampl: birthdays , wakes.

one would show the birthday icon and the other would show a coffin icon....

[Jim]

This works :
disabledDays = [
+new Date("9/20/2014"),
+new Date("9/21/2014"),
+new Date("9/22/2014"),
];
missingDates = [
+new Date("9/12/2014"),
+new Date("9/13/2014"),
+new Date("9/14/2014"),
];

$("#kdtrFrom").kendoDatePicker({
max: new Date(),
min: new Date(year, month, 1),
format: "MMM dd, yyyy",
change: addDate,
month: {
content: '# if ($.inArray(+data.date, disabledDays) != -1) { #' +
'<div style="color:red">#= data.value #</div>' +
'# } else if ($.inArray(+data.date, missingDates) != -1) {#' +
'<div style="color:blue">#= data.value #</div>' +
'# } else { #' +
'#= data.value #' +
'# } #'
}
});

but some bizzarrrre behaviour going on, if I do:
var missingDates= etc
or remove the + signs it will complain that missingDates is undefined..... why does the "var" or the "+" make it work?

[Jim]

not make it work*  (is there an edit post feature??? I don't see it)

[Alexander Popov]

Hello Jim,

Adding a plus sign before a Date object returns its value in milliseconds. This is done in order to easily compare the dates, as simply comparing Date objects won't work as expected. For example: 

a = new Date(2014,1,1)
Sat Feb 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (FLE Standard Time)
b = new Date(2014,1,1)
Sat Feb 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (FLE Standard Time)
a == b
false
+a == +b
true

Using the "var" keyword changes the scope in which the variable is defined, so it is no longer accessible from the content template.

Regards,
Alexander Popov
Telerik