function checkDate(myValue, dateFormat, returnUSDate){
    // variable declarations
    var parts;
    var x =1;
    var y =2;
    var z =0;
    var mNames = new Array('JAN','FEB','MAR','APR','MAY','JUN','JUL','AUG','SEP','OCT','NOV','DEC');
    var mNames1 = new Array('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec');
    var mValues = "312831303130313130313031";
    var format;
    
    if(dateFormat.form){  
    //it is a form object --%>
        format = dateFormat.value;
    }else{  
     //it is a value --%>
        format = dateFormat;
    }
    
    format = format.toUpperCase();
    myValue = myValue.toUpperCase();
    
    if (myValue.length==0){
        return 1;
    }
    
    if (format == "YYYY/MM/DD"){  
        //Japanese --%>
        if(myValue.indexOf('/') == -1){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        parts = myValue.split('/');
        if (myValue.length < 8 || parts.length != 3 || parts[0].length != 4 || parts[1].length > 2 || 	parts[1].length < 1 || parts[2].length > 2 || parts[2].length < 1){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        format = 'JP';
    }else if (format == "MM/DD/YYYY"){  
        //US --%>
        if(myValue.indexOf('/') == -1){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        parts = myValue.split('/');  
        if (myValue.length < 8 || parts.length != 3 || parts[0].length > 2 || parts[0].length < 1 ||  	parts[1].length > 2 || parts[1].length < 1 ||  parts[2].length != 4 ) {
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        format = 'US1';
    }else if (format == "DD.MM.YYYY"){  
        // EURO --%>
        if(myValue.indexOf('.') == -1){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        parts = myValue.split('.');  
        if (myValue.length < 8 || parts.length != 3 || parts[0].length > 2 || parts[0].length < 1 ||  parts[1].length > 2 || parts[1].length < 1 ||  parts[2].length != 4 ) {
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        format = 'EU1';
    }else if (format == "DD-MMM-YYYY"){  
        // another EURO --%>
        if(myValue.indexOf('-') == -1){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        parts = myValue.split('-');  
        if (myValue.length < 10 || parts.length != 3 || parts[0].length > 2 || parts[0].length < 1 ||  parts[1].length != 3  ||  parts[2].length != 4 ) {
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        format = 'EU2';
        //Add more format checks here --%>
    }else{  
        return 1;
        return false;
    }

    //Date Parsers --%>
    if (format == "JP"){
        myYYYY	  = parseInt(parts[0],10);		// extract Year
        myMM   	= parseInt(parts[1],10);		// extract Month
        myDD   	= parseInt(parts[2],10);  	// extract Date
    }else if (format == "US1"){
        myMM   	= parseInt(parts[0],10);		// extract Month
        myDD   	= parseInt(parts[1],10);  	// extract Date
        myYYYY	  = parseInt(parts[2],10);		// extract Year
    }else if (format == "EU1"){
        myDD   	= parseInt(parts[0],10);  	 // extract Date
        myMM   	= parseInt(parts[1],10);		 // extract Month
        myYYYY	  = parseInt(parts[2],10);		 // extract Year
    }else if (format == "EU2"){
        myDD   	= parseInt(parts[0],10);  	 // extract Date
        myMM = 0;                           // extract Month
        for (var j=0;j<13;j++){
            if(parts[1] == mNames[j]){
                myMM = j+1;
                break;
            }
        }
        if(myMM == 0){
            for (var j=0;j<13;j++){
                if(parts[1] == mNames1[j]){
                    myMM = j+1;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        if (myMM == 0){
            return 1;
            return false;
        }
        myYYYY  = parseInt(parts[2],10);		   // extract Year
    }else{
        return 1; 
        return false;
    }

    //Add more date parsers here --%>
    if ( (isNaN(myDD)) || (isNaN(myMM)) || ( isNaN(myYYYY)) ){
        return 1;
        return false;
    }

    if ( (myMM > 12) || (myMM <= 0) ){
        return 1;
        return false;
    }

    if (myYYYY < 1000){
        return 1;
        return false;
    }

    var lastDate = 0;

    if (myMM == 2){
        if (isLeapYear(myYYYY)){
            lastDate = 29;
        }else{
            lastDate = 28;
        }
    }else{
        lastDate = mValues.substring((myMM-1)*2, (myMM-1)*2+2);
    }

    if ( (myDD > lastDate) || (myDD <=0) ){
        return 1;
        return false;
    }

    if(returnUSDate){
        return 1;
        return myMM+"/"+myDD+"/"+myYYYY;
    }else{
        if( checkDateInPast(myYYYY,myMM,myDD)){
            return 0;
        }
        return 2;
    }
}


function checkDateInPast(inYear,inMonth,inDay){
    var schedule_date = new Date( inYear,inMonth-1,inDay, 0, 0, 0);
    var temp_date  = new Date();
    var current_year = temp_date.getYear();
    current_year += (current_year < 1900) ? 1900 : 0;
    var current_date  = new Date(current_year, temp_date.getMonth(), temp_date.getDate(), 0, 0, 0);

    if(schedule_date.getTime() < current_date.getTime() ){
        alert("Date Requested cannot be a past date." );
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}


function isLeapYear (Year){
    if (((Year % 4)==0) && ((Year % 100)!=0) || ((Year % 400)==0)){
        return (true);
    }
    else{
        return (false);
    }
}	

function checkQty(qty){
    if( isNaN(qty) || qty<=0 || validateIfGoodQty(qty)==false || qty> 999999999 ){

        if(qty > 999999999){
            alert("Request quantity must be less than 1000000000.")
        }else{
            alert("Please enter a valid quantity.");
        }  
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

function validateIfGoodQty(qty1){ 
    var Good ="1234567890";
    var testString = qty1;  
    var ret = "";

    for(var i=0;i<testString.length;i++){
        var x = testString.charAt(i);    
        if(Good.indexOf(x) == -1){
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}		

function getDecimalPlaces(price) {
  var dplaces = 0;
  var plength = price.length;
  var dsep = ".";
  
  var index = price.indexOf(dsep);
  if(index != -1) {
  	dplaces = plength - (index + 1);
  } 
  return dplaces;
}

function validateIfGoodPrice(price){ 
    var Good ="1234567890.";
    var testString = price;  
    var ret = "";

    for(var i=0;i<testString.length;i++){
        x = testString.charAt(i); 
        if(Good.indexOf(x) == -1){
        }
        else{
          ret =ret+x;
        }
    }
    if( (isNaN(ret)) || (ret<=0)){
      return false;
    }		
    return true;
}

function checkPrice(price){
    
    if(price<=0 || price.length==0){
        alert("Requested Price Cannot Be Empty");
        return false;
    }

    if(!validateIfGoodPrice(price)){
        alert("Please enter a valid target price for all parts.");
        return false;
    }

    var plength = getDecimalPlaces(price);
    if(plength > "4") {
        alert("Incorrect price format - Number of places after decimal seperator (.) cannot exceed 4");
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

function limitText(theTextArea, limit) {
  if (theTextArea.value.length > limit) {
    theTextArea.value = theTextArea.value.substring(0,limit);
  }
}