I need to retrieve the server's timestamp. Specifically, I only need the day of the week and the time (in 24 hr format). How would I do this? I'm unfamiliar with this language so I need a little help on handling it in my HTML page. Can I use this data in a javascript comparison?
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Server Timestamp
- Thread starter lamchop
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You can retrieve the date by using the ASP function Now. To pull out only the time you can use the FormatDateTime function with option 4(i think) for short time. Then you can use the WeekDay and WeekDayName functions to pull out the day of week:
Function WeekDay(aDate as Date) as Integer
Function WeekDayName(dayofweek as Integer) as String
Now if you want this data in the javascript all you need to do is output it in the appropriate place (ie, in the javascript rather than in the body), like so:
Hope this helps,
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Function WeekDay(aDate as Date) as Integer
Function WeekDayName(dayofweek as Integer) as String
Now if you want this data in the javascript all you need to do is output it in the appropriate place (ie, in the javascript rather than in the body), like so:
Code:
<%
Option Explicit
Dim myDate, server_time, server_DOW
myDate = Now
serverTime = FormatDateTime(myDate,4)
serverDOW = WeekDayName(WeekDay(myDate))
%>
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var serverTime, serverDayOfWeek;
serverTime = "<%=server_time%>";
serverDayOfWeek = "<%=server_DOW%>";
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" onClick="alert('Server Time: '+serverTime+'\nserver day: ' + serverDayOfWeek);">
</body>
</html>Hope this helps,
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