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/*
        A "Reservation Date" example using two datePickers
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        * Functionality

        1. When the page loads:
                - We clear the value of the two inputs (to clear any values cached by the browser)
                - We set an "onchange" event handler on the startDate input to call the setReservationDates function
        2. When a start date is selected
                - We set the low range of the endDate datePicker to be the start date the user has just selected
                - If the endDate input already has a date stipulated and the date falls before the new start date then we clear the input's value

        * Caveats (aren't there always)

        - This demo has been written for dates that have NOT been split across three inputs

*/

function makeTwoChars(inp) {
        return String(inp).length < 2 ? "0" + inp : inp;
}

function initialiseInputs() {
        // Clear any old values from the inputs (that might be cached by the browser after a page reload)
        document.getElementById("sd").value = "";
        document.getElementById("ed").value = "";

        // Add the onchange event handler to the start date input
        datePickerController.addEvent(document.getElementById("sd"), "change", setReservationDates);
}

var initAttempts = 0;

function setReservationDates(e) {
        // Internet Explorer will not have created the datePickers yet so we poll the datePickerController Object using a setTimeout
        // until they become available (a maximum of ten times in case something has gone horribly wrong)

        try {
                var sd = datePickerController.getDatePicker("sd");
                var ed = datePickerController.getDatePicker("ed");
        } catch (err) {
                if(initAttempts++ < 10) setTimeout("setReservationDates()", 50);
                return;
        }

        // Check the value of the input is a date of the correct format
        var dt = datePickerController.dateFormat(this.value, sd.format.charAt(0) == "m");

        // If the input's value cannot be parsed as a valid date then return
        if(dt == 0) return;

        // At this stage we have a valid YYYYMMDD date

        // Grab the value set within the endDate input and parse it using the dateFormat method
        // N.B: The second parameter to the dateFormat function, if TRUE, tells the function to favour the m-d-y date format
        var edv = datePickerController.dateFormat(document.getElementById("ed").value, ed.format.charAt(0) == "m");

        // Set the low range of the second datePicker to be the date parsed from the first
        ed.setRangeLow( dt );
        
        // If theres a value already present within the end date input and it's smaller than the start date
        // then clear the end date value
        if(edv < dt) {
                document.getElementById("ed").value = "";
        }
}

function removeInputEvents() {
        // Remove the onchange event handler set within the function initialiseInputs
        datePickerController.removeEvent(document.getElementById("sd"), "change", setReservationDates);
}

datePickerController.addEvent(window, 'load', initialiseInputs);
datePickerController.addEvent(window, 'unload', removeInputEvents);

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