Browser-side current date and time!

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I am trying to have the current date and time prepopulate one of the text boxes in my FP project. Im using ASP. When I place

<%=Now()%>

in the "initial values" box of the "text box properties" for the field of interest, it runs great but it gives the time *at the server*. Unfortunately, the server is in a different time zone! Is there a waythat I capture the current date and time at the browser??

Thanks!
 
If your text box is

<input type="text" name="txtDate" size="50">

then add

function initForm(){
curdate = new Date();
if (document.forms[0].txtDate.value == ""){
document.forms[0].txtDate.value = curdate;
}
}
</script>

to your <head> section and

onload="initForm();"

to the <body> tag.

Jim Buyens
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-----Original Message-----
I am trying to have the current date and time
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prepopulate one of the text boxes in my FP project. Im
using ASP. When I place
<%=Now()%>

in the "initial values" box of the "text box properties"
Click to expand...
for the field of interest, it runs great but it gives the
time *at the server*. Unfortunately, the server is in a
different time zone! Is there a waythat I capture the
current date and time at the browser??
 
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