Date problem

[tboerner]

The following code gives me what I want for the PC, which is: "11/01/2001"

But on the MAC it returns: "Thursday,"

currentDate = new Date()
document.write(currentDate.toLocaleString().substring(0,10));

Anybody know how to make it return "11/01/2001" for both operating systems.

IE is the browser in both scenarios.

 

[ToddWW]

Well, you have many choices. You can try these different methods to see if you can find common ground.

document.write(currentDate.toString());
document.write(currentDate.toGMTString());

The other option would be to build the string using..

currentDate.getMonth()
currentDate.getDate()
currentDate.getYear()

However, be prepared for some tricky things with getMonth() and getYear(). getMonth() is zero based so it returns 0 for January. And while IE will return 2001 for getYear(), Netscape will return 101 (Current year minus 1900). But with some browser detection and a little math, you can get these methods to work just fine.

ToddWW