Dynamic Date Script

[SteveP]

Hi Folks. I'm returning to Web Designer after a few years away and I'm in the middle of designing a fairly straightforward site.

Historically, I've always had a bit of javascript code (that I've copied and pasted from my previous web creations and that I found somewhere on the 'net) that simply shows the day/date - and it changes daily to automagically to show the current day/date.

I came to use it on my new site and decided I needed to align the text to the right. Does anyone know what I need to add to the code to allow me to 'align it right'?

Thanks in advance!

<style>
.mydate {
font: 10px arial;
color: white;
}
</style>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript"><!--

// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();

// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thu rsday','Friday','Saturday');

// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May',' June','July','August','September','October','Novem ber','December');

// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();

// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number) {
return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}

// Join it all together
today = days[now.getDay()] + ", " +
months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
date + ", " +
(fourdigits(now.getYear())) ;

// Print out the data.
document.write('<span class="mydate">' + today + '</span>');
//--></SCRIPT>

[Egg Bramhill]

Works fine for me Steve. You probably forgot to hit Apply after changing the text size

[SteveP]

Thanks Egg! You were right. Off to SpecSavers!

Just one more thing. How do I align the text to the right of the placeholder?

[Big Frank]

it's a lot easier with php
but your page must be called mypage.php and not mypage.html
one simple command in the placeholder

<?php echo date("Y"); ?>

all my sites are php so that i can take advantage of it
my home page is called any_old_page.html which nothing links to and then the real home page people see is called index.php

plus don't forget some people disable javascript or use the noscript plugin

[SteveP]

Thanks Frank. I'd prefer to use javascript.

[Egg Bramhill]

The quickest way would be to move the placeholder to the right.

[SteveP]

Hi Egg. Cheers, Yes, I can do that but as the date gets bigger/longer, it's currently defaulting to left aligned so the longer dates push the text off the right hand side of the page. If it were right aligned it would push the longer text to the left, where I've got plenty of room

[Egg Bramhill]

Try this

[SteveP]

Hi Egg

You're a star. Works a treat. Thank you soooo much!

[behzad]

Hi Egg

You're a star. Works a treat. Thank you soooo much!

He is an Egg, a wonderful Egg