Question

I have an string that contains month/date and I need to insert the year. The string looks like:

Last Mark:: 2/27 6:57 PM

I want to convert the string to something like:

Last Mark:: 2010/02/27 18:57

In this case, there will not be any entries more than a year old. For example, if the date were 10/12 it can be assumed that the year is 2009.

What is the best method for this?

Answer 1

Following from Adam’s suggestion:

function convertDate(yourDate) {
   var today = new Date();
   var newDate = new Date(today.getFullYear() + '/' + yourDate);

   // If newDate is in the future, subtract 1 from year
   if (newDate > today) 
       newDate.setFullYear(newDate.getFullYear() - 1);

   // Get the month and day value from newDate
   var month = newDate.getMonth() + 1;
   var day = newDate.getDate();

   // Add the 0 padding to months and days smaller than 10
   month = month < 10 ? '0' + month : month;     
   day = day < 10 ? '0' + day : day;

   // Return a string in YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM format
   return newDate.getFullYear() + '/' +
          month + '/' +
          day + ' ' +
          newDate.getHours() + ':' +
          newDate.getMinutes();
}

convertDate('2/27 6:57 PM');  // Returns: "2010/02/27 18:57"
convertDate('3/27 6:57 PM');  // Returns: "2009/03/27 18:57"