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Date Formatting:

The following is a simple JavaScript routine that will format the current date (MM/DD/YYYY) and store it in a variable:

var date = new Date(); var d = date.getDate(); var day = (d < 10) ? '0' + d : d; var m = date.getMonth() + 1; var month = (m < 10) ? '0' + m : m; var yy = date.getYear(); var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy; var thedate = (month + "/" + day + "/" + year);

All you need to do is to include these variable declarations in a function, and then call "document.write(thedate)" to print out today's date.

Update:

I've gotten a few e-mails asking about how to fix the Date object when it is "broken" on the client's side. Here's a function that will set the date to the proper time:

// date ... any instance of the Date object // * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs" function fixDate(date) { var base = new Date(0); var skew = base.getTime(); if (skew > 0) date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew); }

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