function getDays(month, year) {
  // create array to hold number of days in each month
  var ar = new Array(12);
  ar[0] = 31; // January
  ar[1] = (leapYear(year)) ? 29 : 28; // February
  ar[2] = 31; // March
  ar[3] = 30; // April
  ar[4] = 31; // May
  ar[5] = 30; // June
  ar[6] = 31; // July
  ar[7] = 31; // August
  ar[8] = 30; // September
  ar[9] = 31; // October
  ar[10] = 30; // November
  ar[11] = 31; // December

  // return number of days in the specified month (parameter)
  return ar[month];
}

The function stores in an array the count of days in each month, and then returns the proper element of the array.

This function is part of our Calendar application. To see further how we wrote it, go to Column 64, HTML Components.

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