Basic JavaScript Date and Time Functions
By Will Bontrager2004-08-12
Basic JavaScript Date and Time Functions
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As the title implies, this tutorial will show you how to get the date and time from the visitor's computer and print them to the web page.
You'll learn two basic techniques:
How to create what's called a date object.
How to extract information from that date object; the hour, minute, month, year, and so forth.
A complete working example of what you'll learn here is near the end of this tutorial.
How To Create What's Called a Date Object
When a date object is created, it is stored in what's called a variable. A variable is simply the name of a place in memory that can contain information. In our example, we'll call that variable "now" because it's a good name for the current date and time.
This is how you create a date object and store it in a variable:
var now = new Date();
The "new Date()" part of the above statement creates the date object. The "var now =" part causes the date object to be stored in the variable named "now".
Tutorial Pages:
» Basic JavaScript Date and Time Functions
» How To Extract Information From that Date Object
» The Date
» The Time
» The Printing
» The Complete Working Example
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