Added election information bar that appears for primary days. Currently only...

Added election information bar that appears for primary days. Currently only logs to console for general elections; leaving this as a bite-sized issue to be solved in the fall before the elections.

srctweb/assets/js/functions.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ function checkDate() {
         month = '' + (d.getMonth() + 1),
         day = '' + d.getDate()
         year = '' + d.getYear();
+
+    // Mason Pride Week
+
     // if it is March
     if (month == 3) {
         // find out what the third week of March is
@@ -22,5 +25,42 @@ function checkDate() {
             document.body.className += " pride-bar";
         }
     }
+
+    // Virginia Primaries and General Elections
+    // Date reference: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/ecalendar
+
+
+    // primaries are the second Tuesday of June
+    if (month == 6) {
+        juneFirst = new Date(year, month, 1);
+        weekday = juneFirst.getDay();
+        // math for date calculation based on information read here
+        // http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/javascript/6322-date-hacks-doing-javascript-date-calculations.html
+        secondTuesday = 1 + (((2 - weekday) + 7) % 7) + 7;
+
+        if (day == secondTuesday) {
+            var page = document.body;
+            page.insertAdjacentHTML("afterbegin",
+                                    "<div class='alert alert-info mb-0 text-center' role='alert'><i class='fa fa-info-circle'></i> Today is Virginia's Primary Elections. Polls are open from 6:00am - 7:00pm. Photo ID is required. <a href='https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/' class='alert-link'>Click here to verify your registration status, find your polling place, and review your ballot.</a></div>");
+        }
+
+    // generals are the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November
+    } else if (month == 11) {
+        novemberFirst = new Date(year, month, 1);
+        weekday = novemberFirst.getDay()
+
+        // if the first day of the month is a Tuesday
+        if (weekday == 1) {
+            // the election will be on the 8th
+            general = 8;
+        } else {
+            general = 1 + (((2 - weekday) + 7) % 7);
+        }
+
+        if (day == general) {
+            console.log("It's election day!");
+        }
+    }
 }
+
 window.onload = checkDate