GlideDate is not defined, but is in the documentation

[John Prouty]

I have a Client Script that needs to validate a date field (not a date/time field).  I am trying to use GlideDate, but I get an error that it is not defined.

What I am really trying to do is to compare a date that was entered into a field (sched_implement_date) and compare it to Today + total_est_duration.  GlideDate doesn't have an Add method and my dates don't have Time (so it is really difficult to use GlideDateTime).  If GlideDate would work, I think the following code would meet my needs:

field = g_form.getValue("sched_implement_date");

// Sched Implementation Date must be >= Today + Total Est Duration
var duration = g_form.getValue("total_est_duration");
g_form.addErrorMessage("Duration: " + duration);
if (duration != 0) {
   var gdt = new GlideDate();
   var today = new GlideDate(gdt.getDisplayValue());

   var impldate = new GlideDate();
   impldate.SetDisplayValue(field);

   calcduration = GlideDate.subtract(today, impldate);
   g_form.addErrorMessage("Today: " + today + "Impl Date: " + field + "Calculated Duration: " + calcduration);
   if (calcduration < duration) {
      g_form.showFieldMsg("sched_implement_date", "Sched Implementation Date is before Today + Total Dev. Est. Duration. Sched Implementation Date must be changed.", "error");
      Passed = 'NO';
      }
   }

Any suggestions on how to get GlideDate to work?  OR another way to do the samething without GlideDate?

[Elijah Aromola]

Glidedate is a server method, you cannot use it client side. If you must interact with it you can call a script include via GlideAjax.

[Allen Andreas]

Hi,

Not only what Elijah mentioned, but this section:

   var impldate = new GlideDate();
   impldate.SetDisplayValue(field);

is not correctly. setDisplayValue, not SetDisplayValue.

Please refer to documentation: https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/orlando/server/no-namespace/c_GlideDateScope...

Please mark reply as Helpful/Correct, if applicable. Thanks!

[John Prouty · Accepted solution]

I googled javascript for these functions.

Here is the final code:

// Sched Implementation Date is Required
field = g_form.getValue("sched_implement_date");
if (field === '') {
   g_form.showFieldMsg("sched_implement_date", "Sched Implementation Date is missing. It is a required field.", "error");
   Passed = 'NO';
}
else {
   var duration = g_form.getValue("total_est_duration");
   if (duration != 0) {
      var durnum = parseInt(duration);
      var ImplDate = new Date(field);
      var minImplDate = new Date();
      minImplDate.setDate(minImplDate.getDate() + durnum);

      if (ImplDate < minImplDate) {
         g_form.showFieldMsg("sched_implement_date", "Sched Implementation Date is not after: Today + Total Dev. Est. Duration (" + minImplDate.toDateString() + "). Sched Implementation Date must be changed.", "error");
         Passed = 'NO';
      }
   }
}