display a date in text field when page loads

pugs421 · May 12, 2004

I know how to do this with php, but at work I'm limited to only using javascript. All I want is to echo the current date as the value of a text field.

In other words when the page loads, the current date should be displayed in the text field.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

LFI · May 12, 2004

In your body tag:

<BODY onload='showDate()'>
...

In your JavaScript:

Code:

function showDate()
{
 formName.textAreaName.value = new Date();
}

If you don't like the format of the Date when it loads, save it to a var first, do some simple string manipulation, then set the textarea value to the final string.

'hope this helps.

--Dave

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display a date in text field when page loads

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