Current Date & Time

[R3iam webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I want to display the current date & time on my web site. Not being a code guru could someone please tell me what is the simplest script that works well with dreamweave mx. I think my web host only supports cgi and perl scripts (earthlink). I used an extension but it didn't work.

R3iam

[Dagwood Bumstead]

"R3iam" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I want to display the current date & time on my web site. Not being a code
> guru could someone please tell me what is the simplest script that works well
> with dreamweave mx. I think my web host only supports cgi and perl scripts
> (earthlink). I used an extension but it didn't work.
>

Easy, since your host supports perl/cgi, just insert this in the page you want
the time to echo on:

<!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->

[oliverkelso webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

you can just use Java Script for those if you want. It get the date and time from the users machine and displays it on the site where you stick the script. The only problem with this is it won't be accurate if there machine's date and time are not accurate. It is basically just showing what their PC is already saying.

Here is the one for post a Date, just copy and past this script bellow into a table in the spot you want it. ----


<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript"><!--

// ***********************************************
// AUTHOR: [url]WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET[/url], LLC
// URL: [url]http://www.cgiscript.net[/url]
// Use the script, just leave this message intact.
// Download your FREE CGI/Perl Scripts today!
// ( [url]http://www.cgiscript.net/scripts.htm[/url] )
// ***********************************************

// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();

// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thu rsday','Friday','Saturday');

// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May',' June','July','August','September','October','Novem ber','December');

// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();

// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number) {
return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}

// Join it all together
today = days[now.getDay()] + ", " +
months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
date + ", " +
(fourdigits(now.getYear())) ;

// Print out the data.
document.write(" " +today+ ".");

//--></SCRIPT>



Now here is the script for time:

//PAST THIS INTO THE HEAD

<style>
<!--
..styling{
background-color:black;
color:lime;
font: bold 16px MS Sans Serif;
padding: 3px;
}
-->
</style>




//PASTE THIS INTO THE BODY FOR THE CLOCK

<span id="digitalclock" class="styling"></span>

<script>
<!--

//LCD Clock script- by javascriptkit.com
//Visit JavaScript Kit ([url]http://javascriptkit.com[/url]) for script
//Credit must stay intact for use

var alternate=0
var standardbrowser=!document.all&&!document.getElemen tById

if (standardbrowser)
document.write('<form name="tick"><input type="text" name="tock" size="11"></form>')

function show(){
if (!standardbrowser)
var clockobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("digitalclock") : document.all.digitalclock
var Digital=new Date()
var hours=Digital.getHours()
var minutes=Digital.getMinutes()
var dn="AM"

if (hours==12) dn="PM"
if (hours>12){
dn="PM"
hours=hours-12
}
if (hours==0) hours=12
if (hours.toString().length==1)
hours="0"+hours
if (minutes<=9)
minutes="0"+minutes

if (standardbrowser){
if (alternate==0)
document.tick.tock.value=hours+" : "+minutes+" "+dn
else
document.tick.tock.value=hours+" "+minutes+" "+dn
}
else{
if (alternate==0)
clockobj.innerHTML=hours+"<font color='lime'>&nbsp;:&nbsp;</font>"+minutes+" "+"<sup style='font-size:1px'>"+dn+"</sup>"
else
clockobj.innerHTML=hours+"<font color='black'>&nbsp;:&nbsp;</font>"+minutes+" "+"<sup style='font-size:1px'>"+dn+"</sup>"
}
alternate=(alternate==0)? 1 : 0
setTimeout("show()",1000)
}
window.onload=show

//-->
</script>

at the top of this script you can tweek it for a different back ground color and font color and other things.

I hope this all helped. Go and run a search on freeware java scripts, there is some pretty cool stuff out there.

I don't suffer from insanity.......I enjoy every minute of it!

[R3iam webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I haven't had the luck of making this work. However, I will continue my search for a script that will work for me. Thanks to all who replied. As for darrell's question of why would anyone want to display time and date is simple.... It looks good. Everything is not suppose to be logical and functional, sometimes things just look good. My wife is a perfect example. Thanks again.

R3iam

[Dagwood Bumstead]

"R3iam" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I haven't had the luck of making this work. However, I will continue my
> search for a script that will work for me. Thanks to all who replied. As for
> darrell's question of why would anyone want to display time and date is
> simple.... It looks good. Everything is not suppose to be logical and
> functional, sometimes things just look good. My wife is a perfect example.
> Thanks again.
>
> R3iam

The syntax I gave you didn't work? Did you check the server log for the reason?
Are you sure that you have the ability to run scripts on the server-side?