Need date script that works in NS

[Deanna475]

I'm preparing my online resume and have run into a glitch. I want to include the date only -- not the time -- on my cover letter page but every date JavaScript I've tried buggers up in NS 4.7 (don't know about NS 6 as I don't have it installed). While the date shows up perfectly in IE, the year always gets jumbled in NS. For example:

Saturday, July 6, 102

or

Saturday, July 6, 19102

Does anyone have a date only script that works in NS? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can hardly expect to get the job if I can't get the date right on the first page!

[A1ien51]

basically,,,,netscape looks at the date a different way

one way to do it is this

if(Year<2000){Year+=1900;}

[Deanna475]

Hi A1ien51 and thanks for the quick response. Your solution seems simple, but NS still doesn't like it. This is the most simple script I was trying and it would seem to fit perfectly with your solution:

<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
var mydate=new Date()
var year=mydate.getYear()
if (year<2000)
year="19"+year
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()
var daym=mydate.getDate()
var dayarray=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
var montharray=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","Novem ber","December")
document.write("<font color='162040' face='Arial' size=2>"+dayarray[day]+", "+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", "+year+"<\/font>")
</SCRIPT

I inserted {Year+=1900;} immediately after the code in red but that doesn't do the trick in NS. The date shows up as:

Sunday, July 7, 102

BTW, you need a space between the if (Year or else you a "year not defined" error. But that's neither here nor there because with or without the space, it still doesn't work in NS.

I got this brainstorm of an idea while looking at your code and thought, "I don't need to worry about years less than 2000 since I want the current year, which is greater than 2000." So I removed this part of the script:

if (year<2000)
year="19"+year

And while it worked in IE, NS didn't like that solution either! It still showed the year as 102

Brainstorm #2: I decided to remove all references to the year and enter the year as simple text:

<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
var mydate=new Date()
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()
var daym=mydate.getDate()
var dayarray=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
var montharray=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","Novem ber","December")
document.write("<font color='162040' face='Arial' size=2>"+dayarray[day]+", "+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", 2002<\/font>")
</SCRIPT>

And this worked in IE, but NS didn't like that solution either! It still showed the year as 102

<sigh> It's a simple little date code. How can NS bugger up something so simple? (rhetorical question -- I know why!) I would say to heck with the date appearing correctly in NS but it would be my luck that the employer who wants to hire me is using NS !!!!

[A1ien51]

Here is the code you need


<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
var mydate=new Date()
var year=mydate.getYear()
if(year<2000){year+=1900;}
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()
var daym=mydate.getDate()
var dayarray=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
var montharray=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","Novem ber","December")
document.write("<font color='162040' face='Arial' size=2>"+dayarray[day]+", "+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", "+year+"<\/font>")
</SCRIPT>

[Deanna475]

Yep, that does the trick! The difference one line of code makes! Thank you very much.