Using javascript, how can we auto insert the current DATE and TIME into a form input field.
I'm building a "Problems" form to keep track of user submitted complaints about a certain service. I'm collecting as much info as possible. I want to save the staff here from having to manually enter the date and time each time they open the form.
I have this snippet of code:
<input id="date" name="date" value="javascript:document.write(Date()+'.')"/>
but it's not working.
many thanks for any help.
input values by FireBug,Developer Tools(IE8+) ,... - MajidTaheri 2012-06-13 06:02
Javascript won't execute within a value attribute. You could do something like this, though:
<input id="date" name="date">
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('date').value = Date();
</script>
You'd probably want to format the date as you prefer, because the default output of Date() looks something like: Tue Jun 16 2009 10:47:10 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time). See this SO question for info about formatting a date.
<input type="date" id="myDate" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function SetDate()
{
var date = new Date();
var day = date.getDate();
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var year = date.getFullYear();
if (month < 10) month = "0" + month;
if (day < 10) day = "0" + day;
var today = year + "-" + month + "-" + day;
document.getElementById('myDate').value = today;
}
</script>
<body onload="SetDate();">
found here: http://jsbin.com/oqekar/1/edit?html,js,output
See the example, http://jsbin.com/ahehe
Use the JavaScript date formatting utility described here.
<input id="date" name="date" />
<script>
document.getElementById('date').value = (new Date()).format("m/dd/yy");
</script>
The fastest way to get date formatting thats any good is to use datejs.
The lib is really easy to use and does give you very pretty formatting.
as far as your code snippet, dont use document.write if you can help it. try
document.getElementById("date").value = new Date().toUTCString();
$("#startDate").val($.datepicker.formatDate("dd/mm/yy", new Date()));
$("#endDate").val($.datepicker.formatDate("dd/mm/yy", new Date()));
Add the above code at the end of the script. This is required because the datepicker plugin has no provision to set the date in the control while initializing.
If you are using HTML5 date
use this code
HTML
<input type="date" name="bday" id="start_date"/>
Java Script
document.getElementById('start_date').value = Date();
<input id="date" name="date" />
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("date").value = new Date();
</script>
It sounds like you are going to be storing the value that input field contains after the form is submitted, which means you are using a scripting language. I would use it instead of JavaScript as most scripting languages have better time/date formatting options. In PHP you could do something like this:
<input id="date" name="date" value="<?php echo date("M j, Y - g:i"); ?>"/>
Which would fill the field with "Jun 16, 2009 - 8:58"
Another option is:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("my_date:box").value = ( Stamp.getDate()+"/"+(Stamp.getMonth() + 1)+"/"+(Stamp.getYear()) );
</script>
var date = new Date();
document.getElementById("date").value = date.getFullYear() + "-" + (date.getMonth()<10?'0':'') + (date.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + (date.getDate()<10?'0':'') + date.getDate();
document.getElementById("hour").value = (date.getHours()<10?'0':'') + date.getHours() + ":" + (date.getMinutes()<10?'0':'') + date.getMinutes();