Tue, 2004-08-10 14:32
Hi,
I use the following code to display the "Last Saved" or should I say "Page Updated" date on my webpages. The code displays the date in "10/08/2004" format.
// Javascript @ Beert.be
// http://www.beert.be/javascript/
var date = new Date(document.lastModified);
var day = date.getDate();
var month = [date.getMonth() + 1];
var year = date.getYear();
if (day < 10) day = "0" + day;
if (month < 10) month = "0" + month;
if (year < 2000) year += 1900;
document.write(day + "/" + month + "/" + year);
What I'd like to do is modify this code so that it displays the date in "10 August 2004" format. I can see that the month variable simply needs changing to be assigned a name, but I don't know how to program this. Can anyone help?
Tue, 2004-08-10 14:48
#1
Javascript Date Question
<!-- Begin
var days = new Array(8);
days[1] = "Sunday";
days[2] = "Monday";
days[3] = "Tuesday";
days[4] = "Wednesday";
days[5] = "Thursday";
days[6] = "Friday";
days[7] = "Saturday";
var months = new Array(13);
months[1] = "January";
months[2] = "February";
months[3] = "March";
months[4] = "April";
months[5] = "May";
months[6] = "June";
months[7] = "July";
months[8] = "August";
months[9] = "September";
months[10] = "October";
months[11] = "November";
months[12] = "December";
var dateObj = new Date(document.lastModified)
var wday = days[dateObj.getDay() + 1]
var lmonth = months[dateObj.getMonth() + 1]
var date = dateObj.getDate()
var fyear = dateObj.getYear()
if (fyear < 2000)
fyear = fyear + 1900
document.write(wday + ", " + lmonth + " " + date + ", " + fyear)
// End -->
This will sort out the day and month
Tue, 2004-08-10 14:53
#2
Javascript Date Question
Hi Stu,
Thanks for that solution. The only problem is, I think you over-engineered it a little. Using that code, the last saved date is displayed as "Friday, August 6, 2004". What I want it to do is display as "06 August 2004".
Could you please edit your code to make it do this? I really know nothing about JavaScript, so I would appreciate your help.
Thu, 2004-08-12 11:57
#3
Javascript Date Question
Hi there,
So, can anyone help me with this one? Or is this perhaps not the best place to ask?
Thu, 2004-08-12 12:29
#4
Javascript Date Question
Just a minor tweak (which perhaps you may have attempted 
)
<!-- Begin
var months = new Array(13);
months[1] = "January";
months[2] = "February";
months[3] = "March";
months[4] = "April";
months[5] = "May";
months[6] = "June";
months[7] = "July";
months[8] = "August";
months[9] = "September";
months[10] = "October";
months[11] = "November";
months[12] = "December";
var dateObj = new Date(document.lastModified)
var lmonth = months[dateObj.getMonth() + 1]
var date = dateObj.getDate()
if (date <10 )
date = "0" + date
var fyear = dateObj.getYear()
if (fyear < 2000)
fyear = fyear + 1900
document.write(date + " " + lmonth + " " + fyear)
// End -->
If this is a new web site then you can safely delete the two lines
if (fyear < 2000)
fyear = fyear + 1900
as these are put in for pages last updated pre 2000
Thu, 2004-08-12 12:37
#5
Javascript Date Question
Bravo Stu,
That works perfectly. Thank you very much indeed. I'll have a closer look through the code later on, to try and understand it, even if I know nothing about JavaScript
Alan
Sun, 2004-08-15 21:52
#6
Javascript Date Question
Sorry, small error in my last post.
If this is a new web site then you can safely delete the two lines
if (fyear < 2000)
fyear = fyear + 1900
as these are put in for pages last updated pre 2000
Should have been ~
You will NEED the two lines
if (fyear < 2000)
fyear = fyear + 1900
To display the year correctly in FF etc