JavaScript and the Date Object
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide script from old browsers
today = new Date();
document.write ("<BR>");
document.write ("Today is " +
today + "<BR>");
document.write ("Day is " +
today.getDay() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Month is " +
today.getMonth() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Date is " +
today.getDate() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Year is " +
today.getYear() + "<BR>");
document.write ("FullYear is " +
today.getFullYear() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Hour is " +
today.getHours() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Minute is " +
today.getMinutes() + "<BR>");
document.write ("Second is " +
today.getSeconds() + "<BR>");
// end script hiding from old browsers -->
</SCRIPT>
]]>
- Day: 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)
- Month: 0 (January) to 11 (December)
- Date: 1 to 31 (day of the month)
- Year: years since 1900
- FullYear: 4-digit year
- Hours: 0 to 23
- Seconds and minutes: 0 to 59
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Today is
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide script from old browsers
switch (today.getDay())
{
case 0 :
document.write ("Sun");
break;
case 1 :
document.write ("Mon");
break;
case 2 :
document.write ("Tues");
break;
case 3 :
document.write ("Wednes");
break;
case 4 :
document.write ("Thurs");
break;
case 5 :
document.write ("Fri");
break;
case 6 :
document.write ("Satur");
break;
default :
document.write ("Impossible");
}
document.write ("day, ");
switch (today.getMonth())
{
case 0 :
document.write ("January");
break;
case 1 :
document.write ("February");
break;
case 2 :
document.write ("March");
break;
case 3 :
document.write ("April");
break;
case 4 :
document.write ("May");
break;
case 5 :
document.write ("June");
break;
case 6 :
document.write ("July");
break;
case 7 :
document.write ("August");
break;
case 8 :
document.write ("September");
break;
case 9 :
document.write ("October");
break;
case 10 :
document.write ("November");
break;
case 11 :
document.write ("December");
break;
default :
document.write ("Impossible");
}
document.write (" " + today.getDate() +
", " + today.getFullYear() + ", ");
var h = today.getHours()
if (h == 0)
document.write (" 12:" +
fixMinutes() + " am <BR>");
if (h > 0 && h < 12)
document.write (" " + h + ":" +
fixMinutes() + " am <BR>");
if (h == 12)
document.write (" 12:" +
fixMinutes() + " pm <BR>");
if (h > 12)
document.write (" " + h-12 + ":" +
fixMinutes() + " pm <BR>");
function fixMinutes()
{
if (today.getMinutes() > 9)
return (today.getMinutes())
else
return ("0"+today.getMinutes())
}
if (h < 12)
document.write("Good morning!")
else
if (h < 17)
document.write("Good afternoon!")
else
document.write("Good evening!")
// end script hiding from old browsers -->
</SCRIPT>
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Today is