JavaScript to get SharePoint DateTimeControl SelectedDate value?

Question

Can anyone explain or give an example of how to get the SelectedDate value of a SharePoint datetimecontrol using JavaScript?  I have two of the datetimecontrols on a page and would like to capture the values and use them in query string variables when a button is clicked, but I cannot figure out the correct JavaScript syntax to get it.  The controls are set to DateOnly = True, so I have tried to reference them by the top-level ID (ie. DateTimeControl1) and by the ID of the textbox used for the date portion (ie. DateTimeControl1Date), but so far neither works.  Thanks in advance!
Chanda

Answer 1

In case anyone needs it,  here's a script to work with datetimecontrols including the time
GetSPDateTimeControlValue: function (name) {
var selectedDate = $("input[name$='"+name+"Date']").val();
var selectedHours = $("select[name$='" + name + "DateHours']").val();
var selectedMinutes = $("select[name$='" + name + "DateMinutes']").val();
var dateparts = selectedDate.split("/");
var year = parseInt(dateparts[2]);
var month = parseInt(dateparts[0]);
var day = parseInt(dateparts[1]);
var hours = 0;
if (selectedHours)
if (selectedHours === "12 AM") {
hours = 0;
else {
hours = parseInt(selectedHours);
if (selectedHours.indexOf("PM") > 0) hours += 12;
var minutes=0;
if(selectedMinutes){
minutes = parseInt(selectedMinutes);
var theDateTime = new Date(year, month-1, day, hours, minutes);
return theDateTime;