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Below is a list of commonly used scripts.  Scripts here are intended to easily copy and paste into your applications for simplifying specific tasks.

Format a date in a Text Component

If you are looking for basic, manual date input, using a Text Component is often the simplest approach.  It can be helpful to assign an input mask to the component (99/99/9999) and a minimum length of 8.

//Take in a date string and insert slashes
if(data.dob && data.dob.length == 8)
{
    var userDate = data.dob;
    value = userDate.slice(0,2) + '/' + userDate.slice(2,4) + '/' + userDate.slice(4,8);
}
else
    value = data.dob;

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