Extending the Date Object to Include Some New Methods

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Extending the Date Object to Include Some New Methods




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<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.1">
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  Date.prototype.getActualMonth = getActualMonth;
  Date.prototype.getActualDay = getActualDay;
  Date.prototype.getCalendarDay = getCalendarDay;
  Date.prototype.getCalendarMonth = getCalendarMonth;
     function getActualMonth() {
    var n = this.getMonth();
    n += 1;
    return n;
  }
   
  function getActualDay() {
    var n = this.getDay();
    n += 1;
    return n;
  }
   
  function getCalendarDay() {
    var n = this.getDay();
    var dow = new Array(7);
    dow[0] = "Sunday";
    dow[1] = "Monday";
    dow[2] = "Tuesday";
    dow[3] = "Wednesday";
    dow[4] = "Thursday";
    dow[5] = "Friday";
    dow[6] = "Saturday";
    return dow[n];
  }
   
  function getCalendarMonth() {
    var n = this.getMonth();
    var moy = new Array(12);
    moy[0] = "January";
    moy[1] = "February";
    moy[2] = "March";
    moy[3] = "April";
    moy[4] = "May";
    moy[5] = "June";
    moy[6] = "July";
    moy[7] = "August";
    moy[8] = "September";
    moy[9] = "October";
    moy[10] = "November";
    moy[11] = "December";
    return moy[n];
  }
     // Test the new methods you created
  var today = new Date();
   
  document.write("<b>I hereby declare that on "
    + today.getCalendarDay() + ", the " + today.getDate()
    + "th day of " + today.getCalendarMonth() + " in the year "
    + today.getFullYear() + " A.D. at the " + today.getHours()
    + "th hour of the day, absolutely nothing is happening.</b>");
//-->
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