current 24 hour time on request

phence

How can i get the current 24 hour time on request into a textfield, controlled by a html button? i need the exact time when the user presses the button to show up in the text field.

there are a few problems i don't know how to get around...

1) my server time is running on USA central time and i need this to show up in USA eastern time.

2) the textfeild where i'd like the time to appear is within another <form> where i am going to pullng data into a MySQL database. The value of this time must also be submited with the form..

i'm not to swift with javascript... is it needed for this?

i'm not sure how to get the current time into 24hour (military) time, or how to handle the timezone issue.

If anyone knows what i mean, i appreciate all you help.
Thank-you

dalecosp

date('r') would give the "Internet Swatch" time, but it'd be dependent on when the browser request hit the server. Javascript could tell you exactly when they punched the button, but it'd be the CLIENT machine's clock, and I've seen users who had their boxen set hours or even days off of UTC....

phence

yeah i may have to sacrifice to use the javascript method.. but it wouldn't be that bad, the script will only be accesed by one machine... hopefully

does anyone know how to do that? as i said earlier, im no good with javascript...

anyone else have any helpful input?

cgraz

why not grab the time in PHP and put it into a javascript variable? it wouldn't be when the user presses the button, rather when the page is loaded, but as dalecosp mentioned, people often have their clocks set completely off. If you want this php method, the code would look something like this:

<html>

<head>

<script language="javascript">

function display_time(form) {
   form.time.value = "<?= date('r'); ?>";
}

</script>

</head>

<body>

<form>

<input type="text" name="time"><br><br>

<input type="button" value=" Get Time " onClick="display_time(this.form);">

</form>

</body>

</html>

Cgraz

phence

hey cgraz! thanks alot works great..
How can i cut it down? like diplay it in a certian format
such as..

HOUR : MINUTES : SECONDS AM/PM

cause right now it's showing ex: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:21:54 -0600

i just want '17:21:54 PM' to show up...

thanks!

cgraz

www.php.net/date

form.time.value = "<?= date('G:i:s A'); ?>";

Cgraz

phence

hey, thanks alot... one more thing tho..

is this the time when the user hits the button or hits the page???

cause i need the time that the user hits the button...
thanks a million!

cgraz

php gives you server time when page is loaded. If you want the users time when they click the button (although their time may be completely off from the right time), here's what you js function would need to look like

<script language="javascript">

function display_time(form) {

d = new Date();

h = d.getHours();
m = d.getMinutes();
s = d.getSeconds();

if(h <= 11) {
   am_pm = 'AM';
} else {
   am_pm = 'PM';
}

form.time.value = h + ':' + m + ':' + s + ' ' + am_pm;

}

</script>

Cgraz

phence

thats perfect! thanks alot!!
looks like i need to pickup a niice book on javascript!

cgraz

htmlgoodies.com has awesome javascript primers. Once you learn the basics there's a resource guide
here

Cgraz

phence

DUDE!! thanks alot, i forgot about htmlgoodies.com!! i used to go there all the time, when i was just begining this wonderful coding quest!! lol! see what happens after restoring your computer and forgetting to backup you bookmarks!

thanks agian!.. later