How to add live date without time clock?

**ctmom05** · 12-27-2007, 05:51 PM

I am trying to incorporate each day's current date into my work email without having to manually insert the date on each message.

I have seen scripts for date and time, but I just want the day of the week and the calendar date. IE -> December 27, 2007

Suggestions on that please?

Chris

**coothead** · 12-27-2007, 07:09 PM

Hi there ctmom05,

and a warm welcome to these forums.

Try this, it is pretty basic...

Code:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>date only</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<style type="text/css">

body {
     background-color:#003;
     color:#fff;
 }
#container {
     text-align:center;
     margin-top:40px;
 }
#date {
     font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
     font-size:20px;
     color:#fff;
     text-align:center; 
     background-color:#003;
     border:0 solid;
     width:190px;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

window.onload=function(){
   now=new Date().toDateString();
   document.getElementById('date').value=now;
}

</script>

</head>
<body>

<div id="container">
<input id="date" type="text">
</div>

</body>
</html>

coothead

**ctmom05** · 12-27-2007, 11:19 PM

Now we're getting somewhere. All I have to do is change a couple of very minor things; hopefully I can figure those things out<grin>

Thanks Coot!

**coothead** · 12-28-2007, 06:52 AM

No problem, you're welcome.

**ctmom05** · 12-28-2007, 03:59 PM

Ok Coot.....come on back and help me some more - please.

I thought I had this thing down pat. I was practicing on an HTML editor site and got the date, just the way I wanted; in the right place too.

The problem is that somehow

I cannot transfer what I have done to where I need it. I use a web-based email program at work and wanted to incorporate this date function into my work emails.

Any idea on what the next step should be?

**coothead** · 01-03-2008, 03:12 PM

Hi there ctmom05,

I use a web-based email program at work and wanted to incorporate this date function into my work emails.

Ah, emails.

You may well have a problem there.

I have Outlook Express on my pc and it does not accept javascript a.f.a.i.k.
There may well be a block on other email programs also.
You really need to check with your administrator about this.

coothead

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