Date Math 1

[CassidyHunt]

I know this is simple but I want to add 30 seconds to the current date and time so I can set that as the expiration for a cookie. Here is my current algorythm. It doesn't add anytime at all.

function CheckDate() {
		var _test = new Date();
		var _test2 = new Date();
		
		_test2.setDate(_test.getDate() + (30 * (1/24/60/60)));
		alert(_test.toUTCString() + "\n30 Seconds Later\n" + _test2.toUTCString());
		

	}

Thanks

Cassidy

 

[cLFlaVA]

i would do something like this:

var _test = new Date();
var _test2 = new Date(_test);
_test2.setTime(_test2.getTime()+30000);
alert(_test.toUTCString() + "\n30 Seconds Later\n" + _test2.toUTCString());

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[CassidyHunt]

Thanks. Funny how every langauage handles dates. They are all drastically different.

 

[cLFlaVA]

indeed. dates are a scary creature.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Funny how every langauage handles dates. They are all drastically different.

Surely it's because languages are different to each other that the underlying code and ways of doing things are different.

I'd be more worried if every language did things in the same way - then there would be no point in having different langauges!

Dan