Convert String to Date and Format the Date Expression in SSRS

Question

Hi,
I have a parameter used to select a month and year  string that looks like:    jun-2013
I can convert it to a date, but what I want to do is,  when a user selects a particular month-year  (let's say "jun-2013")
I  populate one text box with the date the user selected , and (the challenge Im having is)  I want to populate a text box next to the first text box with the month-year  2 months ahead.    So if the user selects 
jun-2013   textbox A will show  jun-2013 
and textbox B will show  aug-2013..
I have tried:
=Format(Format(CDate(Parameters!month.Value  ),  
"MM-YYYY"  )+ 2  )   -- But this gives an error
This returns the month in number format   like "8"    for august...
=Format(Format(CDate(Parameters!month.Value  ), 
"MM"  )+ 2  )
What is the proper syntax to give me the result    in this format =  "aug-2013"  ???
Thanks in advance.
MC
M Collier

Answer 1

You can convert a string that represents a date to a date object using the util.scand JavaScript method, and then format a date object to a string representation using the util.printd method. For more information, see:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.1254.html
http://livedocs.adobe.com/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/JS_API_AcroJS.88.1251.html
In your case, the code would be something like:
var sDate = "2013-01-10";
// Convert string to date
var oDate = util.scand("yyyy-mm-dd", sDate);
// Convert date to new string
var sDate2 = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", oDate);
// Set a field value
getField("date2").value = sDate2;
The exact code you'd use depends on where you place the script and where you're getting the original date string, but this should get you started.