CurrentDate

import bb.cascades 1.0

Page {
    property string dayofweek
    property string day
    property string month
    property string year
    Container {
        Label {
            id: datelabel
            text: ""
        }
        Button {
            id: datebutton
            text: "Get the date"
            onClicked: {
                var dmy = new Date(); //Current date
                var weekarray = new Array();
                weekarray[0]=  "Sunday";
                weekarray[1] = "Monday";
                weekarray[2] = "Tuesday";
                weekarray[3] = "Wednesday";
                weekarray[4] = "Thursday";
                weekarray[5] = "Friday";
                weekarray[6] = "Saturday";
                dayofweek = weekarray[dmy.getDay()]; //getDay() returns 0-6, so we put a nice name on it
                day = dmy.getDate(); //returns 1-31
                var montharray = new Array();
                montharray[0] = "January";
                montharray[1] = "February";
                montharray[2] = "March";
                montharray[3] = "April";
                montharray[4] = "May";
                montharray[5] = "June";
                montharray[6] = "July";
                montharray[7] = "August";
                montharray[8] = "September";
                montharray[9] = "October";
                montharray[10] = "November";
                montharray[11] = "December";
                month = montharray[dmy.getMonth()]; //getMonth() returns 0-11, so we put a nice name on it
                year = dmy.getFullYear(); //2014
                datelabel.text = dayofweek + ", " + day + " " + month + " " + year; //Monday, 7 July 2014
                //Alternatively, dmy.toDateString() returns Mon Jul 07 2014, which is good enough for me
                //In that case:
                //var fulldate = dmy.toDateString(); // Mon Jul 07 2014
                //var datearray = fulldate.split(" "); // [Mon, Jul, 07, 2014]
                //Set dayofweek, day, month and year from that array
            }
        }
    }
}