AM/PM incorrect with liveclock.js

[RocknRoll]

1) Script Title: Live Clock

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex6/clock2.htm

3) Describe problem:
I've been using the "liveclock.js" for a while now ( part of the style for the forum ), but just noticed something with the clock.

I have it set for "12 hour", and no matter if the current hour is "12:xx:xx AM" or "12:xx:xx PM" the clock shows "AM" for both.

Problem duplicated via your demo, too.

My "liveclock.js"

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// "Live Clock Advanced" script - Version 1.0
// By Mark Plachetta (astroboy@zip.com.au)
//
// Get the latest version at:
// http://www.zip.com.au/~astroboy/liveclock/
//
// Based on the original script: "Upper Corner Live Clock"
// available at:
// - Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
// - Website Abstraction (http://www.wsabstract.com)
// ========================================================
// CHANGES TO ORIGINAL SCRIPT:
// - Gave more flexibility in positioning of clock
// - Added date construct (Advanced version only)
// - User configurable
// ========================================================
// Both "Advanced" and "Lite" versions are available free
// of charge, see the website for more information on the
// two scripts.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////// CONFIGURATION /////////////////////////////

	// Set the clock's font face:
	var myfont_face = "Verdana";

	// Set the clock's font size (in point):
	var myfont_size = "10";

	// Set the clock's font color:
	var myfont_color = "#ECECEC";
	
	// Set the clock's background color:
	var myback_color = "transparent";

	// Set the text to display before the clock:
	var mypre_text = "";

	// Set the width of the clock (in pixels):
	var mywidth = 300;

	// Display the time in 24 or 12 hour time?
	// 0 = 24, 1 = 12
	var my12_hour = 1;

	// How often do you want the clock updated?
	// 0 = Never, 1 = Every Second, 2 = Every Minute
	// If you pick 0 or 2, the seconds will not be displayed
	var myupdate = 1;

	// Display the date?
	// 0 = No, 1 = Yes
	var DisplayDate = 1;

/////////////// END CONFIGURATION /////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Browser detect code
        var ie4=document.all
        var ns4=document.layers
        var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

// Global varibale definitions:

	var dn = "";
	var mn = "th";
	var old = "";

// The following arrays contain data which is used in the clock's
// date function. Feel free to change values for Days and Months
// if needed (if you wanted abbreviated names for example).
	var DaysOfWeek = new Array(7);
		DaysOfWeek[0] = "Sun";
		DaysOfWeek[1] = "Mon";
		DaysOfWeek[2] = "Tue";
		DaysOfWeek[3] = "Wed";
		DaysOfWeek[4] = "Thu";
		DaysOfWeek[5] = "Fri";
		DaysOfWeek[6] = "Sat";

	var MonthsOfYear = new Array(12);
		MonthsOfYear[0] = "Jan";
		MonthsOfYear[1] = "Feb";
		MonthsOfYear[2] = "Mar";
		MonthsOfYear[3] = "Apr";
		MonthsOfYear[4] = "May";
		MonthsOfYear[5] = "Jun";
		MonthsOfYear[6] = "Jul";
		MonthsOfYear[7] = "Aug";
		MonthsOfYear[8] = "Sep";
		MonthsOfYear[9] = "Oct";
		MonthsOfYear[10] = "Nov";
		MonthsOfYear[11] = "Dec";

// This array controls how often the clock is updated,
// based on your selection in the configuration.
	var ClockUpdate = new Array(3);
		ClockUpdate[0] = 0;
		ClockUpdate[1] = 1000;
		ClockUpdate[2] = 60000;

// For Version 4+ browsers, write the appropriate HTML to the
// page for the clock, otherwise, attempt to write a static
// date to the page.
	if (ie4||ns6) { document.write('<span id="LiveClockIE" style="width:'+mywidth+'px; background-color:'+myback_color+'"></span>'); }
	else if (document.layers) { document.write('<ilayer bgColor="'+myback_color+'" id="ClockPosNS" visibility="hide"><layer width="'+mywidth+'" id="LiveClockNS"></layer></ilayer>'); }
	else { old = "true"; show_clock(); }

// The main part of the script:
	function show_clock() {
		if (old == "die") { return; }
	
	//show clock in NS 4
		if (ns4)
                document.ClockPosNS.visibility="show"
	// Get all our date variables:
		var Digital = new Date();
		var day = Digital.getDay();
		var mday = Digital.getDate();
		var month = Digital.getMonth();
		var hours = Digital.getHours();

		var minutes = Digital.getMinutes();
		var seconds = Digital.getSeconds();

	// Fix the "mn" variable if needed:
		if (mday == 1) { mn = "st"; }
		else if (mday == 2) { mn = "nd"; }
		else if (mday == 3) { mn = "rd"; }
		else if (mday == 21) { mn = "st"; }
		else if (mday == 22) { mn = "nd"; }
		else if (mday == 23) { mn = "rd"; }
		else if (mday == 31) { mn = "st"; }

	// Set up the hours for either 24 or 12 hour display:
		if (my12_hour) {
			dn = "AM";
			if (hours > 12) { dn = "PM"; hours = hours - 12; }
			if (hours == 0) { hours = 12; }
		} else {
			dn = "";
		}
		if (minutes <= 9) { minutes = "0"+minutes; }
		if (seconds <= 9) { seconds = "0"+seconds; }

	// This is the actual HTML of the clock. If you're going to play around
	// with this, be careful to keep all your quotations in tact.
		myclock = '';
		myclock += '<font style="color:'+myfont_color+'; font-family:'+myfont_face+'; font-size:'+myfont_size+'pt;">';
		myclock += mypre_text;
		myclock += hours+':'+minutes;
		if ((myupdate < 2) || (myupdate == 0)) { myclock += ':'+seconds; }
		myclock += ' '+dn;
		if (DisplayDate) { myclock += ' on '+DaysOfWeek[day]+', '+MonthsOfYear[month]+' '+mday+mn; }
		myclock += '</font>';

		if (old == "true") {
			document.write(myclock);
			old = "die";
			return;
		}

	// Write the clock to the layer:
		if (ns4) {
			clockpos = document.ClockPosNS;
			liveclock = clockpos.document.LiveClockNS;
			liveclock.document.write(myclock);
			liveclock.document.close();
		} else if (ie4) {
			LiveClockIE.innerHTML = myclock;
		} else if (ns6){
			document.getElementById("LiveClockIE").innerHTML = myclock;
                }            

	if (myupdate != 0) { setTimeout("show_clock()",ClockUpdate[myupdate]); }
}
    setTimeout("show_clock()",1000)

[mburt]

Do you want just the time displayed? If so why don't you consider something like this: (just add to the head of your page)

<style type="text/css">
#clock {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0px;
  top: 0px;
  padding: 5px;
  background: #F0F0F0;
  font: 12pt arial;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var init = function() {
  var div = document.createElement("div");
  div.id = "clock";
  document.body.appendChild(div);
  clock();
}, pad = function(str) {
  str = str.toString();
  if (str.length == 1) return "0"+str;
  else return str;
}, clock = function(str) {
  var now = new Date(),
    hour = now.getHours(),
    min = pad(now.getMinutes());
    sec = pad(now.getSeconds());
  var ampm = "AM";
  if (hour >= 12) ampm = "PM";
  var fhour = hour;
  if (hour > 12) fhour = hour - 12;
  if (hour == 0) fhour = 12;
  str = fhour+":"+min+":"+sec+" "+ampm
  document.getElementById("clock").innerHTML = str;
  setTimeout(function() { clock(str); }, 1000);
}
window.onload = init;
</script>

You can style the clock however you want by manipulating the #clock part of the style tag.

[RocknRoll]

Do you want just the time displayed? If so why don't you consider something like this: (just add to the head of your page)

I would like the "AM / PM" to work properly for all 24 hours of the day.
Right now, with the current code, it works properly 23 hours of the day.
When my computer is reading 12:XX PM this script reads it as 12:XX AM.

[RocknRoll]

I probably should post this in the "Bug" section.

[jscheuer1]

I probably should post this in the "Bug" section.

Yes. And answered there. Good Catch.

I'm closing this thread.

See:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...686#post260686

for more information.