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What is the correct way to read the value from a date field in Xpages using SSJS

I have a date field in a notes document and need to read the value using ssjs. if the field contains a value I can read it using 

doc.getItemValueDateTimeArray[0]

but if the date field is empty the code will return an error.

so my question is how do I read a date field correctly using SSJS so that it does not return an error if it is empty and return a date value if there is a date value in the field

I am hoping for a solution without the need of a try/catch.

Thanks Thomas

Solution

  • Try something like this

    var item:NotesItem =doc.getFirstItem("ItemName");
if (item== null) {
    dateVar=now;
} else {
    dateVar=doc.getItemValueDateTimeArray[0];
}