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Check date in future and a Wednesday.gs

function getFormData(e) {

  // get Spreadsheet TimeZone
  var timeZone = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSpreadsheetTimeZone();

  // get Form data
  var formValues = e.namedValues;

  // get specific values from Form ******************
  var submissionDate = formValues["The Date"][0];
  console.log('submissionDate is: ' + submissionDate);
  // get specific values from Form ******************

  
  // get todays date
  var todaysDate = new Date();
  

  // fix date format from Form so workable and look nice ***********************
  var splitDate = submissionDate.split("/");
  console.log("splitDate is: " + splitDate);
  var day = splitDate[0];
  var month = splitDate[1];
  var year = splitDate[2];

  // subtract '1' from month as JavaScript starts at '0' for 'January'
  var newSubmissionDate = new Date(year, month - 1, day, todaysDate.getHours(), todaysDate.getMinutes());
  console.log('newSubmissionDate is: ' + newSubmissionDate);
  // fix date format from Form so workable and look nice ***********************


  // create array of days of the week and use 'getDay()' method to determine which one
  var weekday = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
  var dayOfTheWeek = newSubmissionDate.getDay();
  var day = weekday[dayOfTheWeek];
  console.log("Submission day is: " + day);


  // create a nicely formatted date which could be communicated with an end user
  var niceSubmissionDate = Utilities.formatDate(newSubmissionDate, timeZone, 'EEEE d MMMMM yyyy');
  console.log("niceSubmissionDate is: " + niceSubmissionDate);

  
  
  todaysDate.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
  console.log("todaysDate with hours is: " + todaysDate);



  if ((newSubmissionDate < todaysDate) && (day != "Wednesday")) {

    console.log("Form date is in the past and not a Wednesday.");

  } else if (newSubmissionDate < todaysDate) {

    console.log("Form date is in the past.");

  } else if (day != "Wednesday") {

    console.log("Form date not a Wednesday.");

  } else {

    console.log("All is good.");

  };



};