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Inserting today's date into hidden field 1

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spencern

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Another hidden field question:
How can I retrieve the current date in the form of 1/13/02, and place it into a hidden field. I tried some code from the internet, but it just gave me an error message.
Thanks,
Spencer
 
Hey Spencer,

Sounds like you are getting things in order there in decent shape -

With the insert date. I need to look up to verify - but I have to run shortly.

Have you tried making default value in your database field be =now()

?

I think that will auto put in the date - just format it to short date format if that is what you want.

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Stuart
 
The easiest way is simply:

<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;date&quot; value=&quot;<%=time%> <%=date%>&quot;>

...to give you the time and date. Not the most efficient way of writing it, but the easiest to adapt in your situ.
 
<%=NOW%> will insert date/time if you want finer detail in your inputs
 
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