JavaScript Forum

**seligman1** · 04-18-2007, 07:37 PM

I belong to an organization that holds meetings on the third Wednesday of every month. On our homepage, I have a header that says "The Next Meeting will be on _________."

Is there a script I could add that automatically displays the appropriate month/day of the third Wednesday of each month?

Today happens to be the third Wednesday (April 18th) and we have a meeting scheduled this evening. After tonight, I would like something that automatically changes the date to May 16th, then after May 16th passes, changes the date to June 20th, and so on...

I'm not a coder, so be easy on me...

Thanks for the help!

**chrishirst** · 04-19-2007, 07:42 PM

Not too difficult a problem

In javascript, so the thread will be moving
This bit between the document <head> </head> tags

HTML Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
var days = new Array(3,2,1,0,6,5,4)
var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
var today = new Date();

function thirdWed() {
var firstDay = new Date();
firstDay.setDate(1);
thirdDate = firstDay.getDate() + days[firstDay.getDay()] +14;
if (today.getDate() > thirdDate) {
	firstDay.setMonth(today.getMonth() +1);
	return firstDay.getDate() + days[firstDay.getDay()] +14 + " " + months[firstDay.getMonth()];
	} else {
	return thirdDate + " "  + months[today.getMonth()];
	}
}
	
</script>

This goes where you want to display the date

HTML Code:

<script type="text/javascript">

document.write(thirdWed()  + "  " + today.getFullYear());
</script>