Inserting today's date in a web site

[Marc Erdrich]

Is there a way to insert the current date on a web page in Xara?

[gwpriester]

Hi Marc - Here's a link I came up with for a search on the above https://duckduckgo.com/?q=code+to+in...&t=ffsb&ia=web

I don't think there is a native way to do this in Xara.

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
date=Date()
document.write(date)
//-->
</script>

One of the more savvy members might suggest how to apply this.

[Acorn]

Here goes:

1. Text Tool: Create a Text Column with "Today's Date" in any font, style or format.
2. Text Tool: Add the following Names to the selected Text: htmlblocktext & today (separately).
3. Select Tool: Select the text object and then Utilities > Web Properties > Placeholder > HTML Code Insertion > HTML code (body), add:
   

   <script>
     document.getElementById("today").innerHTML = Date().substr(4, 11);
   </script>

4. Done.

Change the range of the substr parameters to extract more or less as you need; drop it altogether to get the full Date() value ... = Date();].

Example file: JS-Today.xar.

Acorn

[Marc Erdrich]

Thanks. Works like a charm.

[Acorn]

Thanks. Works like a charm.

Marc, kind of you to report back.

Acorn

[pauland]

Is there a way to insert the current date on a web page in Xara?

Are you expecting visitors that don't know what day it is?

[gwpriester]

Are you expecting visitors that don't know what day it is?

Or perhaps, the appearance of a website that is current to the day.

[jaydear]

Which side of GMT's date are you going to display? Whichever it is, half of the world will see the wrong date!

[Acorn]

Which side of GMT's date are you going to display? Whichever it is, half of the world will see the wrong date!

Any GMT date is accurate if it displays the date & Time for any part of the world.

There are JS methods to convert raw Date() values [e.g., Tue Nov 12 2019 15:03:51 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)] to local time...

I was simply demonstrating the structure of add JS code to an existing Xara Text Object and flexibly retaining its position and formatting without extra code.

Acorn

[Marc Erdrich]

Thanks all for the helpful (and occasionally silly) comments.