monster.util.getBusinessDate()

The monster.utilgetBusinessDate() method adds or removes business days to the current date or to a specific date.

Syntax

monster.util.getBusinessDate(days[, from])

Parameters

Key	Description	Type	Default	Required
days	Number of business days to add or remove.	Number		true
from	JavaScript Date instance from witch to add or remove business days.	Date	new Date()	false

Return value

A Date instance.

Description

This method adds or removes a number of business days to the date of the day if the optional parameter is not specified. If the method is called with the optional from parameter, the number of business days will be added or removed to this specific date.

Examples

Adding business days to current date

// current date: Wed Jan 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0800

var date = monster.util.getBusinessDate(4);

console.log(date);
// output: Tue Jan 07 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0800

Removing business days to current date

// current date: Wed Jan 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT-0800

var date = monster.util.getBusinessDate(-4);

console.log(date);
// output: Thu Dec 26 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0800

Adding business days to specific date

var date = new Date(70, 1, 1);

console.log(monster.util.getBusinessDate(4, date));
// output: Wed Jan 07 1970 00:00:00 GMT-0800