Unable to use .getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy"); in script include

[Kumar38]

I am passing 3 date fields to script include from a client script . Though the dates are passed in the same format ("MM-dd-yyyy") as I require.

I'd like to ensure , it doesn't affect users from various places . hence using .getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy") . But it doesnt work as I printed logs and it prints undefined

var ahm_eos = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_eos');
        var ahm_eol = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_eol');
        var ahm_tspd = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_tspd')


ahm_eos = ahm_eos.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
        ahm_eol = ahm_eol.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
        ahm_tspd = ahm_tspd.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");

// THE ABOVE VALUES ARE PRINTED AS UNDEFINED IN LOGS

[Allen Andreas]

Hello,

You'd want to take the values you're getting from the client script and then build out appropriate GlideDate/GlideDateTime objects with them, then use the getByFormat per your needs.

Here's an exact example: https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/rome/server/no-namespace/c_GlideDateScopedAP...

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

[Tony Chatfield1]

Hi, the details of your issue are not clear as your code is incomplete, you don't indicate what data types the getParameter() values are.

But I suspect that  issue relates to the way you assign the formatted result back to the date object it was sources from, try this in a background window.

var ahm_eos = new GlideDate();

JSUtil.logObject(ahm_eos);

ahm_eos = ahm_eos.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");

JSUtil.logObject(ahm_eos);

If you can update this thread with clear and specific details of your configuration and intentions, the forum may be able to assist otherwise we can only guess at your objectives.

[Hitoshi Ozawa]

Hi Kumar,

The problem probably is that values passed from the client is in String and .getByFormat() requires a GlideDate object.

var ahm_eos = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_eos');
var ahm_eol = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_eol');
var ahm_tspd = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_tspd');

var gdAhmEos = new GlideDate();
var gdAhmEol = new GlideDate();
var gdAhmTspd = new GlideDate();
gdAhmEos.setValue(ahm_eos);
gdAhmEol.setValue(ahm_eol);
gdAhmTspd.setValue(ahm_tspd);

ahm_eos = gdAhmEos.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
ahm_eol = gdAhmEol.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
ahm_tspd = gdAhmTspd.getByFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");

The code in the question also was missing a semicolon at the end of the following line.

var ahm_tspd = this.getParameter('sysparm_ahm_tspd')

[Kumar38]

Hi,

I tried the Code , this is how the log looks.

hm_eos----03-29-0020--ahm_eol----07-07-0020--ahm_tspd---01-23-0021