Change date format with custom javascript code

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Posted on by Goutham A

Hi,

I need to change date format of certain data time fields in my current application. Can this be acheived by javascript?

For some text fields which display date, i am able to manipulate and display in my desired format. But for date time fields i could not.PLease help

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SCV 1,004 on at

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DateTime fields use the format set under personal settings. You can't change it via javascript.

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AbhiCode 492 on at

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Hi Goutham,

In Dynamics, there are no support dates that don't have format specific. I really wish they did sometimes about date format.

For Some of the fields: One way you can it is to have a date field for the actual date, and a text field for the specific format MM/YYYY display value. Anytime you need to set the date you would have to set the actual date field, but a JavaScript would set your text field to the formatted value.

For Full organization: Settings --> Admin --> System Settings -->Formats -- > Choose current format as "Arabic (U.A.E)"

Hope this helps, if so, I would appreciate if you would mark this as the verified answer.

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Abhishek Bhansali

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Goutham A 2 on at

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Thanks Abhishek

I have lot of date time fields and metadata cannot be changed now. IS there any other way or else i can say it as not feasible

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Goutham A 2 on at

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I have found one unsupported way of doing this(although not suggested).

All date formats are rendered in page with specific class.Just get all elements with that class and convert appropriately. Please note that u do null checks wherever required.

var dateformatDivs = $('.ms-crm-data-format-string')

for(var i=0;i<dateformatDivs .length;i++)

{

var date= new Date(dateformatDivs [i].innerHTML);

if(date != null)

{

date = formatDate(date);

dateformatDivs[i].innerHTML = date;

}

}

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