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Javascript (General Discussion)

Javascript // General Discussion

dion

Aug 21, 2002, 10:10pm

Can someone tell me what's wrong with this script?

<script language="JavaScript">
//This Script creates variables for the date and time that is displayed in
the upper right hand corner
function makeArray() {
for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
}

var months = new
makeArray('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August',
'September','October','November','December');
var date = new Date();
var dd = date.getDate();
if (dd == 1 || dd == 21 || dd == 31) {
day = dd + "st";
} else {
if (dd == 2 || dd == 22) {
day = dd + "nd";
} else {
if (dd == 3 || dd == 23) {
day = dd + "rd";
} else {
day = dd + "th";
}
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var yy = date.getYear();
var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;
var hh = date.getHours();
var hour = (hh > 12) ? hh - 12 : hh;
var mm = date.getMinutes();
if (mm < 10) {
minute1 = "0" + mm;
}
minute1 = "" + minute1
if (hh < 12) {
minute = minute1 + " AM"
} else {
minute = minute1 + " PM"
}
</script>

Thanks,
-Dion

maki

Aug 21, 2002, 10:45pm

who knows...but would

<body onLoad="goforit()">

<script>

var dayarray=new
Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"
)
var montharray=new
Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","Sep
tember","October","November","December")

function getthedate(){
var mydate=new Date()
var year=mydate.getYear()
if (year < 1000)
year+=1900
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()
var daym=mydate.getDate()
if (daym<10)
daym="0"+daym
var hours=mydate.getHours()
var minutes=mydate.getMinutes()
var seconds=mydate.getSeconds()
var dn="AM"
if (hours>=12)
dn="PM"
if (hours>12){
hours=hours-12
}
if (hours==0)
hours=12
if (minutes<=9)
minutes="0"+minutes
if (seconds<=9)
seconds="0"+seconds
//change font size here
var cdate="<small><font color='000000' face='Arial'><b>"+dayarray[day]+",
"+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", "+year+" "+hours+":"+minutes+":"+seconds+"
"+dn
+"</b></font></small>"
if (document.all)
document.all.clock.innerHTML=cdate
else if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById("clock").innerHTML=cdate
else
document.write(cdate)
}
if (!document.all&&!document.getElementById)
getthedate()
function goforit(){
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
setInterval("getthedate()",1000)
}

</script>
<span id="clock"></span>

work for you? ;-) lol

maki

goober king

Aug 22, 2002, 10:25am

Umm, why would you need a function to create an array? Can't you just
create the array directly, like so?

var months = new
Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August',
'September','October','November','December');

--or--

var months =
['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August',
'September','October','November','December'];

As for what's wrong with it, I suspect it's your else-if statements.
Instead of looking like this:

if (dd == 1 || dd == 21 || dd == 31) {
day = dd + "st";
} else {
if (dd == 2 || dd == 22) {
day = dd + "nd";
}

It should look like this:

if (dd == 1 || dd == 21 || dd == 31) {
day = dd + "st";
}
else if (dd == 2 || dd == 22) {
day = dd + "nd";
}

Hope that helped! :)

[View Quote] > Can someone tell me what's wrong with this script?
>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> //This Script creates variables for the date and time that is displayed in
> the upper right hand corner
> function makeArray() {
> for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
> this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
> }
>
> var months = new
> makeArray('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August',
> 'September','October','November','December');
> var date = new Date();
> var dd = date.getDate();
> if (dd == 1 || dd == 21 || dd == 31) {
> day = dd + "st";
> } else {
> if (dd == 2 || dd == 22) {
> day = dd + "nd";
> } else {
> if (dd == 3 || dd == 23) {
> day = dd + "rd";
> } else {
> day = dd + "th";
> }
> var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
> var yy = date.getYear();
> var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;
> var hh = date.getHours();
> var hour = (hh > 12) ? hh - 12 : hh;
> var mm = date.getMinutes();
> if (mm < 10) {
> minute1 = "0" + mm;
> }
> minute1 = "" + minute1
> if (hh < 12) {
> minute = minute1 + " AM"
> } else {
> minute = minute1 + " PM"
> }
> </script>
>
> Thanks,
> -Dion
>
>
>

--
Goober King
Would help if he knew what it was being used for...
robrod at prism.net

kah

Aug 22, 2002, 2:56pm

"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in
news:3d642bdb$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Can someone tell me what's wrong with this script?
><<snip script>>

If you've got access to PHP and if it's not meant to be updating every
second you could make life easier for yourself and use this code:

<?php echo date("jS o\f F Y g:i A", time()); ?>

today at 1PM it would return:
22nd of August 2002 1:00 PM
To get it working, just place that code in the place you want the date and
time printed and rename the file to .php (if PHP is available).

KAH

dion

Aug 22, 2002, 3:43pm

Don't look at me, I copied that bullshit from a website, LOL.

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dion

Aug 22, 2002, 3:44pm

But that will default to the server's time and I want it to be the time that
is on the user's computer so that it shows their the time based on their
timezone.

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dion

Aug 22, 2002, 3:44pm

It didn't fix it :-\

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goober king

Aug 22, 2002, 6:14pm

What sort of error messages is it giving you? (If you're using Netscape,
type "javascript:" in the Location box after running the script,
otherwise you can double click on the yellow warning triangle in the
lower-left corner of IE to find out the errors)

[View Quote] > It didn't fix it :-\
>
[View Quote]
--
Goober King
Nothing more troubling than broken Javascript that gives no errors...
robrod at prism.net

ncc 72897

Aug 22, 2002, 9:08pm

neo dunce

Aug 22, 2002, 9:18pm

Try something like this:

<script language="JavaScript">
var days=new
Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'
);
var months=new
Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','Sep
tember','October','November','December');
var today=new Date();
var month=months[today.getMonth()];
var dayName=days[today.getDay()];
var day=today.getDate();
var hour=today.getHours();
var minute=today.getMinutes();
document.write(dayName+' '+month+' '+day+' - '+hour+':'+minute);
</script>

Ok, so it doesn't have all of the 'st', 'rd', stuff in it. But it works....

-dunce

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goober king

Aug 23, 2002, 12:42am

*smacks NCC* Bad NCC, BAD! Those verdammt
document.all.date/time.innerHTML statements only work in IE! If you're
going to use those, then you need to check the user's browser and use an
NS alternative snippit of code. Either that, or don't use them in the
first place.

If Dion could tell me where he got his code, I'd be able to explain what
went wrong and it won't have to come to that. (provided, of course, that
it worked on the site he stole it from. :P)

[View Quote] > <html><head>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
> 
> </SCRIPT>
> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000 OnLoad="NowDate();">
> <FONT COLOR=F6D000 id=time></FONT><BR>
> <FONT COLOR=F6D000 id=date></FONT><BR>
> </body></html>
>
>
>

--
Goober King
Give him cross-browser compatibility, or give him death!
robrod at prism.net

shred

Aug 23, 2002, 1:07am

"Give him cross-browser compatibility, or give him death!"

You might find this of interest, and might even want to promote the campaign by displaying one of its images on your site(s).

http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

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goober king

Aug 23, 2002, 9:49am

Though I agree with the sentiment, I can't guarantee my pages will work
in *ALL* browsers, just NS and IE. I can only test my pages on browsers
I actually have, and I'm not about to load up my comp with a ton of
browsers just to test a few pages. :P

[View Quote] > "Give him cross-browser compatibility, or give him death!"
>
> You might find this of interest, and might even want to promote the
> campaign by displaying one of its images on your site(s).
>
> http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
>
>
[View Quote]
--
Goober King
Smacking the IEgnorant masses since 1996.
robrod at prism.net

ncc 72897

Aug 23, 2002, 11:32am

oh :(

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dion

Aug 23, 2002, 11:42am

doesn't have an error at all but nothing comes up where it's supposed to. It
did that a few times before as I was working with the script but this time I
can't figure out the problem.

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dion

Aug 23, 2002, 11:44am

I only stole that one array part with the months, the rest of it I made
myself.

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agent1

Aug 23, 2002, 1:01pm

Then just make them compatible with one of the HTML 4.0 standards. If a
browser doesn't comply, too bad for them ;)

-Agent1

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dion

Aug 23, 2002, 1:21pm

LOL, they can get the information from other places on the internet. It's
you that ends up losing a visitor. Plus using the more compatible stuff
tends to work better with future versions and is generally faster.

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kah

Aug 23, 2002, 4:32pm

"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in
news:3d6522ed$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> But that will default to the server's time and I want it to be the
> time that is on the user's computer so that it shows their the time
> based on their timezone.

It's achievable with a bit more work (I know you're not going to use this,
but I might as well post it anyway). If your site includes user
registration, you can ask them what timezone they live in, and use some
other date functions to find the server's TZ and compare it to the user's.
Mail or reply for code :-))

KAH

shred

Aug 23, 2002, 5:06pm

By doing that much, you're covering the majority of Internet users out there. It if works in Mozilla/Netscape, IE, and even Opera, it'll probably work in anything that conforms to an inkling of HTML standard.

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dion

Aug 23, 2002, 6:19pm

Nahh, if I ever for whatever reason make a registration form, I still want
people to see the time without logging in.

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kah

Aug 24, 2002, 11:07am

"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in
news:3d6698c8$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Nahh, if I ever for whatever reason make a registration form, I still
> want people to see the time without logging in.

Cookies taste good :-))

KAH

dion

Aug 24, 2002, 6:01pm

Well, they don't work for people who haven't already registered. :-P

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kah

Aug 25, 2002, 8:36pm

"dion" <Dion at digevo.net> wrote in news:3d67e60a at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Well, they don't work for people who haven't already registered. :-P

Anchors with references are tasty as well...

[date] <a href="setdatestuff.php" title="Set your date preferences (time
zone, etc)">Set date preferences</a>.

KAH

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