Null pointer exception for date

[sigmachiuta]

I am trying to run a script include that will skip the weekend. I keep receiving an error on getDayOfWeek()

java.lang.NullPointerException

function checkDate(x) {
   var gdt = new GlideDateTime(x);
   var day = gdt.getDayOfWeek();
   if (day == 1) {
   return gdt < gs.daysAgo(3);
   } else {
   return gdt < gs.daysAgo(1);
   }
}

[srinivasthelu · Accepted solution]

HI sigmachiuta,

I doubt on the parameter(x) value, that you are passing to the GlideDateTime(x) class.

var gdt = new GlideDateTime('invalid date time format');  

var day = gdt.getDayOfWeek();

The above code   will produce null pointer exception. So, try adding log statements and check once?

gs.log("x vlalue is"+x);

var gdt = new GlideDateTime(x);  

var day = gdt.getDayOfWeek();

Cheers

Srini