[Javascript] Question

Fri Aug 9 17:35:59 CDT 2002

Hello there,

Here's what I'm trying to do:

I want a form, where there are multiple date fields, but if the user
enters
the date unformatted, I want to have the field automatically formatted
to be
in MM/DD/YY format.

Here's what I have:
----snip----
<html>
 <head> 
  <script language='javascript'>
   function format_date(input_date)
   {
    if(!(input_date.charAt(2) == '/') && !(input_date.charAt(5) == '/'))
    {

     var mm = input_date.slice(0, 2);
     var dd = input_date.slice(2, 4);
     var yy = input_date.slice(4, 6);

     var new_date = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yy;

/* This is the part I don't think is working properly.  I know that
"this.value" is wrong, but I can't figure out what should go there to
make
it work.  If I use "document.input.date.value" it does work, but only
for
the one field.*/
     this.value = new_date;
    }
   }
  </script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <form name='input'>
   <input type='textarea' name='date' onblur='format_date(this.value)'
value='MM/DD/YY' onfocus='this.value="";
document.input.returned.value=""'>
   <input type='textarea' name='returned'
onchange='format_date(this.value)'>
  </form>
 </body>
</html>
----snip----

Here's my problem:
It works great, except that it won't work for more than one single
field.
How can I make it work for multiple fields.  Or if I'm going about this
completely wrong, please direct me to a better method.

Thanks,
Craig
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