GlideAjax to Add date time is adding to today's date not the date field provided

[Markell]

Hi Guys

I utilised the Glide Ajax provided by user @MB to add eg 1 year to a date field in a catalog Item.

The link to @MB Post: Client Script Date/Time Functions

The Client Script I utilised:

the Script Include to go with it is a big one so I copied and pasted the section used for the above ajax:

FYI for my own function to work I had to do a GlideAjax before hand to bring back another field integer. So the reply var is simply getting an integer that I use in the add time var. I point this out only for clarification of any differences with @MB Script.

Now what happens when I run this is that instead of taking the date from the proposed start date field, it seems to take today's date and then run the GlideAjax (correctly) based on that:

I cant really find anything on why this would take place. All sources seem to suggest g_form.getValue() should work for a Date field, but I'm certain this is where this is going wrong. It's as though it doesn't recognize the field.

Any suggestions?

Kind Regards

Markell

[Markell]

Ok think Im getting somewhere

Based on logs the date error or change from the date I selected to todays date happens after the GlideDate() then day.setValue(),  based on the info logs:

Info Logs

Script Includes

[Ashutosh Munot1]

HI,

can you change this line:

Instead of day.setValue(firstDT);

try

var day = new GlideDate(firstDT);

Thanks,
Ashutosh

[Markell]

comes out blank again. This just doesn't want to work lol

[Markell · Accepted solution]

@Ashutosh Munot DONE IT!

day.setDisplayValue();

NNot sure why I also had to do day.setValue() for it to work but hay 🤷

TThanks for trying anyway 🙂

[Ashutosh Munot1]

HI,

Nice. 

try using getNumericValue as well.

Thanks,

Ashutosh