As the title of post implies, in this tutorial i will show
you how to get the date and time from the visitor's computer using an
example.here you will get the the basic information about how to create a date
object in javascript.
How To Create a
Date Object
When a date object is created, it is stored in what's called
a variable.Below is the syntax to create a date object.
var date = new Date();
Example:The code given below will show the
today date and time from client computer.
<script language="javascript">
function
myFunction(){
var date = new Date();
alert(date.toString());
}
</script>
<input type="button" onclick="myFunction();" value="Today's Date Is" />
Click on this button will display datetime from your computer.
Click on this button will display datetime from your computer.
How To Extract Information From that Date Object
Lots of information can be extracted from a date object. In
this tutorial, we'll extract only some important info:
var hour = date.getHours();
var
minute = date.getMinutes();
var
second = date.getSeconds();
var
monthnumber = date.getMonth();
var
monthday = date.getDate();
var year
= date.getYear();