calDateFormat = "DD-Mon-yyyy"; // CALENDAR COLORS topBackground = "White"; bottomBackground = "White"; tableBGColor = "black"; cellColor = "lightgrey"; headingCellColor = "white"; headingTextColor = ""; dateColor = ""; focusColor = ""; hoverColor = "darkred"; fontStyle = "12pt arial, helvetica"; headingFontStyle = "bold 12pt arial, helvetica"; // FORMATTING PREFERENCES bottomBorder = false; // TRUE/FALSE (WHETHER TO DISPLAY BOTTOM CALENDAR BORDER) tableBorder = 0; // SIZE OF CALENDAR TABLE BORDER (BOTTOM FRAME) 0=none // END USER-EDITABLE SECTION function popupCalendar(){ top.newWin = top.window.open('frmCalendar.Open','cal','dependent=yes,width=210,height=250,screenX=200,screenY=300,titlebar=yes'); top.newWin.focus(); } // DETERMINE BROWSER BRAND var isNav = false; var isIE = false; // ASSUME IT IS EITHER NETSCAPE OR MSIE if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") { isNav = true; } else { isIE = true; } // GET CURRENTLY SELECTED LANGUAGE selectedLanguage = navigator.language; // PRE-BUILD PORTIONS OF THE CALENDAR WHEN THIS JS LIBRARY LOADS INTO THE BROWSER buildCalParts(); // CALENDAR FUNCTIONS BEGIN HERE ----- // SET THE INITIAL VALUE OF THE GLOBAL DATE FIELD function setDateField(dateField) { // ASSIGN THE INCOMING FIELD OBJECT TO A GLOBAL VARIABLE calDateField = dateField; // GET THE VALUE OF THE INCOMING FIELD inDate = dateField.value; // SET calDate TO THE DATE IN THE INCOMING FIELD OR DEFAULT TO TODAYS DATE setInitialDate(); // THE CALENDAR FRAMESET DOCUMENTS ARE CREATED BY JAVASCRIPT FUNCTIONS calDocTop = buildTopCalFrame(); calDocBottom = buildBottomCalFrame(); } // SET THE INITIAL CALENDAR DATE TO TODAY OR TO THE EXISTING VALUE IN dateField function setInitialDate() { // CREATE A NEW DATE OBJECT (WILL GENERALLY PARSE CORRECT DATE EXCEPT WHEN "." IS USED AS A DELIMITER) // (THIS ROUTINE DOES *NOT* CATCH ALL DATE FORMATS, IF YOU NEED TO PARSE A CUSTOM DATE FORMAT, DO IT HERE) calDate = new Date(inDate); // IF THE INCOMING DATE IS INVALID, USE THE CURRENT DATE if (isNaN(calDate)) { if (inDate ==""){ calDate = new Date(); } else{ // ADD CUSTOM DATE PARSING HERE // dd-Mon-yyyy handled below inDate = jsReplace(inDate, "/", "-"); firstDash = inDate.indexOf("-"); lastDash = inDate.lastIndexOf("-"); textMonth = inDate.substring(firstDash+1,lastDash); inMonth = 0; if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "JAN"){inMonth = 1;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "FEB"){inMonth = 2;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "MAR"){inMonth = 3;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "APR"){inMonth = 4;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "MAY"){inMonth = 5;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "JUN"){inMonth = 6;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "JUL"){inMonth = 7;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "AUG"){inMonth = 8;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "SEP"){inMonth = 9;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "OCT"){inMonth = 10;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "NOV"){inMonth = 11;} if (textMonth.toUpperCase() == "DEC"){inMonth = 12;} inDay = inDate.substring(0,inDate.indexOf("-")); inYear = inDate.substring(inDate.lastIndexOf("-") + 1,inDate.length); calDate = new Date( inMonth+"/"+inDay+"/"+inYear ); } } // KEEP TRACK OF THE CURRENT DAY VALUE calDay = calDate.getDate(); // SET DAY VALUE TO 1... TO AVOID JAVASCRIPT DATE CALCULATION ANOMALIES // (IF THE MONTH CHANGES TO FEB AND THE DAY IS 30, THE MONTH WOULD CHANGE TO MARCH // AND THE DAY WOULD CHANGE TO 2. SETTING THE DAY TO 1 WILL PREVENT THAT) calDate.setDate(1); } // POPUP A WINDOW WITH THE CALENDAR IN IT function showCalendar(dateField) { // SET INITIAL VALUE OF THE DATE FIELD AND CREATE TOP AND BOTTOM FRAMES setDateField(dateField); // USE THE JAVASCRIPT-GENERATED DOCUMENTS (calDocTop, calDocBottom) IN THE FRAMESET calDocFrameset = "JavaScript Calendar\n" + "\n" + " \n" + " \n" + "\n"; // DISPLAY THE CALENDAR IN A NEW POPUP WINDOW top.newWin = window.open("javascript:parent.opener.calDocFrameset", "calWin", winPrefs); top.newWin.focus(); } // CREATE THE TOP CALENDAR FRAME function buildTopCalFrame() { // CREATE THE TOP FRAME OF THE CALENDAR var calDoc = "" + "" + "" + "" + "
" + "
" + "" + "" + "" + "" + "" + "" + "
" + "
" + getMonthSelect() + "" + "
" + "
" + "" + "
" + "
" + "
" + "" + ""; return calDoc; } // CREATE THE BOTTOM CALENDAR FRAME // (THE MONTHLY CALENDAR) function buildBottomCalFrame() { // START CALENDAR DOCUMENT var calDoc = calendarBegin; // GET MONTH, AND YEAR FROM GLOBAL CALENDAR DATE month = calDate.getMonth(); year = calDate.getFullYear(); // GET GLOBALLY-TRACKED DAY VALUE (PREVENTS JAVASCRIPT DATE ANOMALIES) day = calDay; var i = 0; // DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE CURRENT MONTH var days = getDaysInMonth(); // IF GLOBAL DAY VALUE IS > THAN DAYS IN MONTH, HIGHLIGHT LAST DAY IN MONTH if (day > days) { day = days; } // DETERMINE WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THE CALENDAR STARTS ON var firstOfMonth = new Date (year, month, 1); // GET THE DAY OF THE WEEK THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FALLS ON var startingPos = firstOfMonth.getDay(); days += startingPos; // KEEP TRACK OF THE COLUMNS, START A NEW ROW AFTER EVERY 7 COLUMNS var columnCount = 0; // MAKE BEGINNING NON-DATE CELLS BLANK for (i = 0; i < startingPos; i++) { calDoc += blankCell; columnCount++; } // SET VALUES FOR DAYS OF THE MONTH var currentDay = 0; var dayType = "weekday"; // DATE CELLS CONTAIN A NUMBER for (i = startingPos; i < days; i++) { var paddingChar = " "; // ADJUST SPACING SO THAT ALL LINKS HAVE RELATIVELY EQUAL WIDTHS if (i-startingPos+1 < 10) { padding = "  "; } else { padding = " "; } // GET THE DAY CURRENTLY BEING WRITTEN currentDay = i-startingPos+1; // SET THE TYPE OF DAY, THE focusDay GENERALLY APPEARS AS A DIFFERENT COLOR if (currentDay == day) { dayType = "focusDay"; } else { dayType = "weekDay"; } // ADD THE DAY TO THE CALENDAR STRING calDoc += "" + "" + padding + currentDay + paddingChar + ""; columnCount++; // START A NEW ROW WHEN NECESSARY if (columnCount % 7 == 0) { calDoc += ""; } } // MAKE REMAINING NON-DATE CELLS BLANK for (i=days; i<42; i++) { calDoc += blankCell; columnCount++; // START A NEW ROW WHEN NECESSARY if (columnCount % 7 == 0) { calDoc += ""; if (i<41) { calDoc += ""; } } } // FINISH THE NEW CALENDAR PAGE calDoc += calendarEnd; // RETURN THE COMPLETED CALENDAR PAGE return calDoc; } // WRITE THE MONTHLY CALENDAR TO THE BOTTOM CALENDAR FRAME function writeCalendar() { // CREATE THE NEW CALENDAR FOR THE SELECTED MONTH & YEAR calDocBottom = buildBottomCalFrame(); // WRITE THE NEW CALENDAR TO THE BOTTOM FRAME top.newWin.frames['bottomCalFrame'].document.open(); top.newWin.frames['bottomCalFrame'].document.write(calDocBottom); top.newWin.frames['bottomCalFrame'].document.close(); } // SET THE CALENDAR TO TODAYS DATE AND DISPLAY THE NEW CALENDAR function setToday() { // SET GLOBAL DATE TO TODAYS DATE calDate = new Date(); // SET DAY MONTH AND YEAR TO TODAYS DATE var month = calDate.getMonth(); var year = calDate.getFullYear(); // SET MONTH IN DROP-DOWN LIST top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex = month; // SET YEAR VALUE top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = year; // DISPLAY THE NEW CALENDAR writeCalendar(); } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE NEWLY ENTERED YEAR AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setYear() { // GET THE NEW YEAR VALUE var year = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value; // IF ITS A FOUR-DIGIT YEAR THEN CHANGE THE CALENDAR if (isFourDigitYear(year)) { calDate.setFullYear(year); writeCalendar(); } else { // HIGHLIGHT THE YEAR IF THE YEAR IS NOT FOUR DIGITS IN LENGTH top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.focus(); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.select(); } } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE SELECTED MONTH AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setCurrentMonth() { // GET THE NEWLY SELECTED MONTH AND CHANGE THE CALENDAR ACCORDINGLY var month = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex; calDate.setMonth(month); writeCalendar(); } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setPreviousYear() { var year = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value; if (isFourDigitYear(year) && year > 1000) { year--; calDate.setFullYear(year); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = year; writeCalendar(); } } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setPreviousMonth() { var year = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value; if (isFourDigitYear(year)) { var month = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex; // IF MONTH IS JANUARY, SET MONTH TO DECEMBER AND DECREMENT THE YEAR if (month == 0) { month = 11; if (year > 1000) { year--; calDate.setFullYear(year); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = year; } } else { month--; } calDate.setMonth(month); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex = month; writeCalendar(); } } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE NEXT MONTH AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setNextMonth() { var year = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value; if (isFourDigitYear(year)) { var month = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex; // IF MONTH IS DECEMBER, SET MONTH TO JANUARY AND INCREMENT THE YEAR if (month == 11) { month = 0; year++; calDate.setFullYear(year); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = year; } else { month++; } calDate.setMonth(month); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.month.selectedIndex = month; writeCalendar(); } } // SET THE GLOBAL DATE TO THE NEXT YEAR AND REDRAW THE CALENDAR function setNextYear() { var year = top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value; if (isFourDigitYear(year)) { year++; calDate.setFullYear(year); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = year; writeCalendar(); } } // GET NUMBER OF DAYS IN MONTH function getDaysInMonth() { var days; var month = calDate.getMonth()+1; var year = calDate.getFullYear(); // RETURN 31 DAYS if (month==1 || month==3 || month==5 || month==7 || month==8 || month==10 || month==12) { days=31; } // RETURN 30 DAYS else if (month==4 || month==6 || month==9 || month==11) { days=30; } // RETURN 29 DAYS else if (month==2) { if (isLeapYear(year)) { days=29; } // RETURN 28 DAYS else { days=28; } } return (days); } // CHECK TO SEE IF YEAR IS A LEAP YEAR function isLeapYear (Year) { if (((Year % 4)==0) && ((Year % 100)!=0) || ((Year % 400)==0)) { return (true); } else { return (false); } } // ENSURE THAT THE YEAR IS FOUR DIGITS IN LENGTH function isFourDigitYear(year) { if (year.length != 4) { top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.value = calDate.getFullYear(); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.select(); top.newWin.frames['topCalFrame'].document.calControl.year.focus(); } else { return true; } } // BUILD THE MONTH SELECT LIST function getMonthSelect() { // DETERMINE MONTH TO SET AS DEFAULT var activeMonth = calDate.getMonth(); // START HTML SELECT LIST ELEMENT monthSelect = ""; // RETURN A STRING VALUE WHICH CONTAINS A SELECT LIST OF ALL 12 MONTHS return monthSelect; } // SET MONTHS DEPENDING ON LANGUAGE function createMonthList() { // BROWSER LANGUAGE CHECK DONE PREVIOUSLY (navigator.language()) // FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF LANGUAGE STRING SPECIFIES THE LANGUAGE // (THE LAST THREE OPTIONAL CHARACTERS SPECIFY THE LANGUAGE SUBTYPE) // SET THE NAMES OF THE MONTH TO THE PROPER LANGUAGE (DEFAULT TO ENGLISH) // IF FRENCH if (selectedLanguage == "fr") { monthArray = new Array('Janvier', 'F?ier', 'Mars', 'Avril', 'Mai', 'Juin', 'Juillet', 'Aout', 'Septembre', 'Octobre', 'Novembre', 'D?mbre'); } // IF GERMAN else if (selectedLanguage == "de") { monthArray = new Array('Januar', 'Februar', 'M?', 'April', 'Mai', 'Juni', 'Juli', 'August', 'September', 'Oktober', 'November', 'Dezember'); } // IF SPANISH else if (selectedLanguage == "es") { monthArray = new Array('Enero', 'Febrero', 'Marzo', 'Abril', 'Mayo', 'Junio', 'Julio', 'Agosto', 'Septiembre', 'Octubre', 'Noviembre', 'Diciembre'); } // DEFAULT TO ENGLISH else { monthArray = new Array('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'); } } // SET DAYS OF THE WEEK DEPENDING ON LANGUAGE function createWeekdayList() { // IF FRENCH if (selectedLanguage == "fr") { weekdayList = new Array('Dimanche', 'Lundi', 'Mardi', 'Mercredi', 'Jeudi', 'Vendredi', 'Samedi'); weekdayArray = new Array('Di', 'Lu', 'Ma', 'Me', 'Je', 'Ve', 'Sa'); } // IF GERMAN else if (selectedLanguage == "de") { weekdayList = new Array('Sonntag', 'Montag', 'Dienstag', 'Mittwoch', 'Donnerstag', 'Freitag', 'Samstag'); weekdayArray = new Array('So', 'Mo', 'Di', 'Mi', 'Do', 'Fr', 'Sa'); } // IF SPANISH else if (selectedLanguage == "es") { weekdayList = new Array('Domingo', 'Lunes', 'Martes', 'Mi?oles', 'Jueves', 'Viernes', 'S?do') weekdayArray = new Array('Do', 'Lu', 'Ma', 'Mi', 'Ju', 'Vi', 'Sa'); } else { weekdayList = new Array('Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'); weekdayArray = new Array('Su','Mo','Tu','We','Th','Fr','Sa'); } // START HTML TO HOLD WEEKDAY NAMES IN TABLE FORMAT var weekdays = ""; // LOOP THROUGH WEEKDAY ARRAY for (i in weekdayArray) { weekdays += "" + weekdayArray[i] + ""; } weekdays += ""; // RETURN TABLE ROW OF WEEKDAY ABBREVIATIONS TO DISPLAY ABOVE THE CALENDAR return weekdays; } // PRE-BUILD PORTIONS OF THE CALENDAR (FOR PERFORMANCE REASONS) function buildCalParts() { // GENERATE WEEKDAY HEADERS FOR THE CALENDAR weekdays = createWeekdayList(); createMonthList(); // BUILD THE BLANK CELL ROWS blankCell = "   "; // BUILD THE TOP PORTION OF THE CALENDAR PAGE USING CSS TO CONTROL SOME DISPLAY ELEMENTS calendarBegin = "" + "" + // STYLESHEET DEFINES APPEARANCE OF CALENDAR "" + "" + ""; // NAVIGATOR NEEDS A TABLE CONTAINER TO DISPLAY THE TABLE OUTLINES PROPERLY if (isNav) { calendarBegin += "
"; } // BUILD WEEKDAY HEADINGS calendarBegin += "" + weekdays + ""; // BUILD THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CALENDAR PAGE calendarEnd = ""; // WHETHER OR NOT TO DISPLAY A THICK LINE BELOW THE CALENDAR if (bottomBorder) { calendarEnd += ""; } // NAVIGATOR NEEDS A TABLE CONTAINER TO DISPLAY THE BORDERS PROPERLY if (isNav) { calendarEnd += "
"; } // END THE TABLE AND HTML DOCUMENT calendarEnd += "
" + "" + "" + ""; } // REPLACE ALL INSTANCES OF find WITH replace // inString: the string you want to convert // find: the value to search for // replace: the value to substitute // // usage: jsReplace(inString, find, replace); // example: jsReplace("To be or not to be", "be", "ski"); // result: "To ski or not to ski" // function jsReplace(inString, find, replace) { var outString = ""; if (!inString) { return ""; } // REPLACE ALL INSTANCES OF find WITH replace if (inString.indexOf(find) != -1) { // SEPARATE THE STRING INTO AN ARRAY OF STRINGS USING THE VALUE IN find t = inString.split(find); // JOIN ALL ELEMENTS OF THE ARRAY, SEPARATED BY THE VALUE IN replace return (t.join(replace)); } else { return inString; } } // JAVASCRIPT FUNCTION -- DOES NOTHING (USED FOR THE HREF IN THE CALENDAR CALL) function doNothing() { } // ENSURE THAT VALUE IS TWO DIGITS IN LENGTH function makeTwoDigit(inValue) { var numVal = parseInt(inValue, 10); // VALUE IS LESS THAN TWO DIGITS IN LENGTH if (numVal < 10) { // ADD A LEADING ZERO TO THE VALUE AND RETURN IT return("0" + numVal); } else { return numVal; } } // SET FIELD VALUE TO THE DATE SELECTED AND CLOSE THE CALENDAR WINDOW function returnDate(inDay) { // inDay = THE DAY THE USER CLICKED ON calDate.setDate(inDay); // SET THE DATE RETURNED TO THE USER var day = calDate.getDate(); var month = calDate.getMonth()+1; var year = calDate.getYear(); var monthString = monthArray[calDate.getMonth()]; var monthAbbrev = monthString.substring(0,3); var weekday = weekdayList[calDate.getDay()]; var weekdayAbbrev = weekday.substring(0,3); // TWO DIGIT YEARS REQUIRE MANIPULATION year = parseInt(year); if ( year < 49 ){ year += 2000; } else if (year < 100){ year += 1900; } outDate = calDateFormat; // RETURN TWO DIGIT DAY if (calDateFormat.indexOf("DD") != -1) { day = makeTwoDigit(day); outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "DD", day); } // RETURN ONE OR TWO DIGIT DAY else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("dd") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "dd", day); } // RETURN TWO DIGIT MONTH if (calDateFormat.indexOf("MM") != -1) { month = makeTwoDigit(month); outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "MM", month); } // RETURN ONE OR TWO DIGIT MONTH else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("mm") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "mm", month); } // RETURN FOUR-DIGIT YEAR if (calDateFormat.indexOf("yyyy") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "yyyy", year); } // RETURN TWO-DIGIT YEAR else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("yy") != -1) { var yearString = "" + year; var yearString = yearString.substring(2,4); outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "yy", yearString); } // RETURN FOUR-DIGIT YEAR else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("YY") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "YY", year); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH (Initial Caps) if (calDateFormat.indexOf("Month") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "Month", monthString); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH (lowercase letters) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("month") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "month", monthString.toLowerCase()); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH (UPPERCASE LETTERS) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("MONTH") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "MONTH", monthString.toUpperCase()); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (Initial Caps) if (calDateFormat.indexOf("Mon") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "Mon", monthAbbrev); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (lowercase letters) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("mon") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "mon", monthAbbrev.toLowerCase()); } // RETURN DAY OF MONTH 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (UPPERCASE LETTERS) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("MON") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "MON", monthAbbrev.toUpperCase()); } // RETURN WEEKDAY (Initial Caps) if (calDateFormat.indexOf("Weekday") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "Weekday", weekday); } // RETURN WEEKDAY (lowercase letters) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("weekday") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "weekday", weekday.toLowerCase()); } // RETURN WEEKDAY (UPPERCASE LETTERS) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("WEEKDAY") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "WEEKDAY", weekday.toUpperCase()); } // RETURN WEEKDAY 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (Initial Caps) if (calDateFormat.indexOf("Wkdy") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "Wkdy", weekdayAbbrev); } // RETURN WEEKDAY 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (lowercase letters) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("wkdy") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "wkdy", weekdayAbbrev.toLowerCase()); } // RETURN WEEKDAY 3-DAY ABBREVIATION (UPPERCASE LETTERS) else if (calDateFormat.indexOf("WKDY") != -1) { outDate = jsReplace(outDate, "WKDY", weekdayAbbrev.toUpperCase()); } // SET THE VALUE OF THE FIELD THAT WAS PASSED TO THE CALENDAR calDateField.value = outDate; // GIVE FOCUS BACK TO THE DATE FIELD calDateField.focus(); // CLOSE THE CALENDAR WINDOW if(top.newWin){ top.newWin.close(); } } function dateFormat(dateField){ if (dateField.value.length > 0) { // ASSIGN THE INCOMING FIELD OBJECT TO A GLOBAL VARIABLE calDateField = dateField; // GET THE VALUE OF THE INCOMING FIELD inDate = dateField.value; // SET calDate TO THE DATE IN THE INCOMING FIELD OR DEFAULT TO TODAYS DATE setInitialDate(); returnDate( calDay ); } }