Expression Software Blog: January 2011

Dates contain the number of milliseconds since 1-1-1970 00:00:00 UTC.

Date Constructor
new Date()  //returns current datetime
new Date(milliseconds)
new Date(dateString)
new Date(year, month, day [, hour, minute, second, millisecond])  //optional time-params default to 0

Params: milliseconds ms since 1-1-1970 00:00:00 UTC
        dateString   string format
        year         4 digit year
        month        0-11
        day          1-31  day of the month
        hour         0-23  hour of the day
        minute       0-59  minute segment of a time reading
        second       0-59  second segment of a time reading
        millisecond  0-999 ms segment of a time reading

Static Methods
These methods return the milliseconds since 1-1-1970
Date.now()  //use for timestamps & unique IDs, todo: minimum 15 millisecond resolution on windows?
Date.parse(datestring)
Date.UTC(year, month [, date, hrs, min, sec, ms])  //universal time

d = new Date("Jan 7, 2011")               //Fri Jan 07 2011 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
d.getMonth()                              //0 (0-11)
d.getDay()                                //5 (0-6) friday
d.getDate()                               //7 (1-31)
d.getFullYear()                           //2011
d.getHours()                              //0

d = new Date("Jan 07 2011 01:02:03")      //Fri Jan 07 2011 01:02:03 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
d.getHours()                              //1
d.getMinutes()                            //2
d.getSeconds()                            //3

d = new Date("Jan 07 2011 01:02:03:456")  //Fri Jan 07 2011 01:02:03 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
d = new Date(2011, 0, 7, 1, 2, 3, 456)
d.getMilliseconds()                       //456
d.getTime()                               //1294387323456 milliseconds since 1-1-1970
Date.parse("01-07-2011 01:02:03:456")     //1294387323456 milliseconds since 1-1-1970
Date.UTC(2011, 0, 7, 1, 2, 3, 456)        //1294362123456

formatDate(d)                             //"1-7-2011"
formatDatePad(d)                          //"01-07-2011"
formatDateTime(d)                         //"1-7-2011 1:2:3:456"
formatDateTime(addMinutes(d, 60))         //"1-7-2011 2:2:3:456"
formatDateTime(addMinutes(d, 10))         //"1-7-2011 1:12:3:456"
formatDateTime(addMinutes(d, 1440))       //"1-8-2011 1:2:3:456"

//debug
console.log(d.getMonth());console.log(d.getDate());console.log(d.getFullYear());console.log(d.getHours());console.log(d.getMinutes());console.log(d.getSeconds());console.log(d.getMilliseconds())

//equivalent date constructors, exclude times for date only, string formats can be used with Date.parse()
new Date("01-07-2011 01:02:03")
new Date(2011, 0, 7, 1, 2, 3)
new Date("Jan 07 2011 01:02:03")
new Date("Fri Jan 7 2011 1:2:3")
new Date("Fri Jan 07 2011 01:02:03 GMT-0700")

//-------------
function addMinutes(date, minutes){  //returns date
  var result = new Date(date.getTime());
  result.setMinutes(result.getMinutes() + parseInt(minutes));
  return result;
}

function formatDate(date){  //returns string
  return (date.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + date.getDate() + "-" + date.getFullYear();
}

function formatDatePad(date){  //returns string
  return (pad2(date.getMonth() + 1)) + "-" + pad2(date.getDate()) + "-" + pad2(date.getFullYear());
}

function formatDateTime(date){  //returns string
  return (date.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + date.getDate() + "-" + date.getFullYear() + " " + date.getHours() + ":" + date.getMinutes() + ":" + date.getSeconds() + ":" + date.getMilliseconds();
}

//http://www.electrictoolbox.com/pad-number-two-digits-javascript/
function pad2(number){  //returns string
  return (number < 10 ? "0" : "") + number;
}


Conversions
INTERVAL       MS   SECS  MINS   HOURS
1 sec        1000      1  1/60  1/3600
1 min       60000     60     1    1/60
10 min     600000    600    10   10/60
1 hour    3600000   3600    60       1
1 day    86400000  86400  1440      24  ms=24*60*60*1000

References
Microsoft.CSharp
System
System.Core
System.Web
System.Web.Helpers
System.Web.Mvc
System.Web.Routing
System.Web.Services
System.Web.WebPages

Folders
controllers
js
models
properties
ux
views
views\home
views\shared

Files
controllers\homeController.cs
demo.csproj
demo.csproj.user
global.asax
global.asax.cs
js\alert.js
properties\assemblyInfo.cs
ux\style.css
views\_viewStart.cshtml
views\home\default.cshtml
views\shared\error.cshtml
views\shared\_layout.cshtml
views\web.config
web.config
web.debug.config
web.release.config

controllers\homeController.cs

using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Demo.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Default()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "ViewBag.Message, set in HomeController";

            return View();
        }
    }
}

demo.csproj

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion></ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{A8C1B3E9-6897-4456-A450-2662343B9E6F}</ProjectGuid>
    <ProjectTypeGuids>{E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>Demo</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>demo</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <MvcBuildViews>false</MvcBuildViews>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <PublishDatabases>false</PublishDatabases>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Helpers" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Routing" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.WebPages" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="global.asax.cs">
      <DependentUpon>global.asax</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="properties\assemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Compile Include="controllers\homeController.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="global.asax" />
    <Content Include="js\alert.js" />
    <Content Include="ux\style.css" />
    <Content Include="views\_viewStart.cshtml" />
    <Content Include="views\home\default.cshtml" />
    <Content Include="views\shared\_layout.cshtml" />
    <Content Include="views\shared\error.cshtml" />
    <Content Include="views\web.config" />
    <Content Include="web.config" />
    <Content Include="web.Debug.config">
      <DependentUpon>web.config</DependentUpon>
    </Content>
    <Content Include="web.Release.config">
      <DependentUpon>web.config</DependentUpon>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="models\" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
  </Target>
  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
  </Target> -->
  <Target Name="MvcBuildViews" AfterTargets="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(MvcBuildViews)'=='true'">
    <AspNetCompiler VirtualPath="temp" PhysicalPath="$(WebProjectOutputDir)" />
  </Target>
  <ProjectExtensions>
    <VisualStudio>
      <FlavorProperties GUID="{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}">
        <WebProjectProperties>
          <UseIIS>False</UseIIS>
          <AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
          <DevelopmentServerPort>1234</DevelopmentServerPort>
          <DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
          <IISUrl></IISUrl>
          <NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
          <UseCustomServer>True</UseCustomServer>
          <CustomServerUrl>http://dev.mvcdemo.com/</CustomServerUrl>
          <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
        </WebProjectProperties>
      </FlavorProperties>
    </VisualStudio>
  </ProjectExtensions>
</Project>

demo.csproj.user

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <ProjectView>ShowAllFiles</ProjectView>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ProjectExtensions>
    <VisualStudio>
      <FlavorProperties GUID="{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}">
        <WebProjectProperties>
          <StartPageUrl></StartPageUrl>
          <StartAction>NoStartPage</StartAction>
          <AspNetDebugging>True</AspNetDebugging>
          <SilverlightDebugging>False</SilverlightDebugging>
          <NativeDebugging>False</NativeDebugging>
          <SQLDebugging>False</SQLDebugging>
          <ExternalProgram></ExternalProgram>
          <StartExternalURL></StartExternalURL>
          <StartCmdLineArguments></StartCmdLineArguments>
          <StartWorkingDirectory></StartWorkingDirectory>
          <EnableENC>False</EnableENC>
          <AlwaysStartWebServerOnDebug>True</AlwaysStartWebServerOnDebug>
        </WebProjectProperties>
      </FlavorProperties>
    </VisualStudio>
  </ProjectExtensions>
</Project>

global.asax

<%@ Application Codebehind="global.asax.cs" Inherits="Demo.MvcApplication" Language="C#" %>

global.asax.cs

using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace Demo
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        }

        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                "default",                     // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}",  // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Home",     // Parameter defaults
                      action     = "Default", 
                      id         = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }

        public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
        {
            filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
        }
    }
}

js\alert.js

//<script src="/js/alert.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
alert("/js/alert.js");

properties\assemblyInfo.cs

using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

[assembly: AssemblyTitle("MVC Demo")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Expression Software")]
[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
[assembly: Guid("28bf9b70-c4f2-4007-986f-5598dd52dfa8")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

ux\style.css

body{
background:#000;
color:#fff;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
}

views\_viewStart.cshtml

@*file: \views\_viewStart.cshtml
  desc: common view code, executed at the start of View render
*@

@{
    //set default layout
    Layout = "~/views/shared/_layout.cshtml";
}

views\home\default.cshtml

@{
    ViewBag.PageTitle = null;  //breakpoint
    ViewBag.PageTitle += "MVC Demo";
}

@*html body - view source for line breaks & whitespace*@
<h1>@ViewBag.PageTitle</h1>
ViewBag.PageTitle: @ViewBag.PageTitle<br />
ViewBag.Message: @ViewBag.Message

views\shared\error.cshtml

@{
    Layout = null;
}
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Error</title>
  <meta charset=utf-8>
</head>
<body>
  error...
</body>
</html>

views\shared\_layout.cshtml

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>@ViewBag.PageTitle - Expression Software</title>
  <meta charset=utf-8>
  <link href="/ux/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <!--<script src="/js/alert.js" type="text/javascript"></script>-->
</head>
<body>
  @RenderBody()

  <br />------------------------<br />
  @DateTime.Now.ToString("MM-dd-yy HH:mm:ss:fff")

  <br />------------------------
  @foreach(var x in new [] {0,1,2})
  {
      ;<br />@x;  //use leading semicolon to prevent generating extra, collapsed, whitespace
  }
</body>
</html>

views\web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
      <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  <system.web.webPages.razor>
    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web.webPages.razor>

  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
  </appSettings>

  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
    </httpHandlers>

    <!-- Enabling request validation in view pages would cause validation to occur after the input has already been processed by the controller.
         By default MVC performs request validation before a controller processes the input. 
         To change this behavior apply the ValidateInputAttribute to a controller or action. -->
    <pages
        validateRequest="false"
        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <controls>
        <add tagPrefix="mvc" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
      </controls>
    </pages>
  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />

    <handlers>
      <remove name="BlockViewHandler" />
      <add name="BlockViewHandler" 
           path="*" verb="*"
           preCondition="integratedMode" 
           type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true"/> 
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true"/> 
  </appSettings>

  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add assembly="System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>

    <authentication mode="None" />

    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages"/>
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
  </system.webServer>

  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>
</configuration>

web.debug.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
</configuration>

web.release.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
  <system.web>
    <compilation xdt:Transform="RemoveAttributes(debug)" />
  </system.web>
</configuration>

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BACKUP	server configuration backups
CONFIG	general configuration sections
MODULE	server modules
REQUEST	HTTP requests
SITE	virtual sites
TRACE	working with failed request trace logs
VDIR	virtual directories
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