Javascript Format returns day of 0

Question

Javascript rookie here:

function calcExpiration(){
    var getState = jQuery( "#state" ).text();
    var getcalldate = jQuery( "#date" ).text();
    var date = new Date( getcalldate  );
    if (getState == "KY" || getState == "IN"){
        date.setDate(date.getDate() + 30);
    }
    if (getState == "WV" || getState == "OH"){
        date.setDate(date.getDate() + 10);
    }
    var expmonth = date.getMonth()+1;
    var expdate = date.getDay();
    var expyear = date.getFullYear();
    jQuery( "#expiration" ).html( expmonth + "/" + expdate + "/" + expyear);
}
calcExpiration();

When getcalldate = 01/02/2015

Returns 2/0/2015

What am I missing?

You shouldn't use the Date constructor to parse strings, e.g. in `var date = new Date( getcalldate )`. It's inconsistent and unreliable across browsers. Much better tell users the format you require and parse it yourself (see [*javascript Date.parse*](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2587345/javascript-date-parse/2587398#2587398)). — RobG, Jan 03 '15 at 21:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 03 '15 at 20:39

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If i understand your question correctly , you should call getDate() to return the day of the month, and not getDay() which will return 0 because your date (February 1st 2015) is Sunday and the function returns Sunday = 0, Monday = 1 etc.

edited Jan 03 '15 at 20:39

Matteo NNZ

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answered Jan 03 '15 at 20:28

Fevly Pallar

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You nailed it. I was using the wrong date function. – dgodfather Jan 04 '15 at 02:12

Javascript Format returns day of 0

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