Auto-Enter Current Date

Jean May Jan 4, 2008

General

This script will enter the current date in a read only form field. Good for when you want to collect the current date but want to make sure it's formatted properly.

Notes

Created by: Jean P. May, Jr.
Web Site: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~thebearmay
Posted: January 4, 2008

Source Code

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External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: autoEnterCurrentDate.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://www.javascriptsource.com
Created by: Jean P. May, Jr. | http://www.wideopenwest.com/~thebearmay */

function autoDate () {
	var tDay = new Date();
	var tMonth = tDay.getMonth()+1;
	var tDate = tDay.getDate();
	if ( tMonth < 10) tMonth = "0"+tMonth;
	if ( tDate < 10) tDate = "0"+tDate;
	document.getElementById("tDate").value = tMonth+"/"+tDate+"/"+tDay.getFullYear();
 }

// Multiple onload function created by: Simon Willison
// http://simonwillison.net/2004/May/26/addLoadEvent/
function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      if (oldonload) {
        oldonload();
      }
      func();
    }
  }
}

addLoadEvent(function() {
  autoDate();
});

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="autoEnterCurrentDate.js"></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document


<input id="tDate" readonly="readonly">

Leave a Response

(2 comments)

I like this script. I have used a variety of tools to create a field that will do this, but this one is a lot simpler and easier to implement.

Jesse Jan 28, 2008

Date function coding is very long.. in you source code. is there any other code to get date in small & simple code??

Ganesh Jan 16, 2008

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