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Auto insert date and time in form input field?

rated 0 times [ 89] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 191874 / 15 Years ago, tue, june 16, 2009, 12:00:00

Using javascript, how can we auto insert the current DATE and TIME into a form input field.

I'm building a Problems form to keep track of user submitted complaints about a certain service. I'm collecting as much info as possible. I want to save the staff here from having to manually enter the date and time each time they open the form.

I have this snippet of code:

<input id=date name=date value=javascript:document.write(Date()+'.')/>

but it's not working.

many thanks for any help.

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answered 15 Years ago nathalieg · Accepted Answer

Javascript won't execute within a value attribute. You could do something like this, though:

<input id=date name=date>



<script type=text/javascript>

  document.getElementById('date').value = Date();

</script>

You'd probably want to format the date as you prefer, because the default output of Date() looks something like: Tue Jun 16 2009 10:47:10 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time). See this SO question for info about formatting a date.