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Sat Apr 5 17:29:26 EDT 2008

 Yes, that is exactly what I thought I meant to explain about the 
hidden form... you can't pass the date directly into a PHP variable!  
So you'd have to use document.form.value...

In my defense I have a horrible hangover...? :)

> I'm see a lot of odd code in the past few posts. $'s mixed in with 
> javascript and attempts to blend client side javascript variables 
with 
> server side php variables. Misleading code that simply wont work.
> Here's a working example for ya:
> 
> <html><head><title>test</title>
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
> var date = new Date();
> var d  = date.getDate();
> var day = (d < 10) ? '0' + d : d;
> var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
> var month = (m < 10) ? '0' + m : m;
> var yy = date.getYear();
> var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;
> var hours = date.getHours();
> var minutes = date.getMinutes();
> var seconds = date.getSeconds();
> if (minutes < 10) minutes = "0" + minutes;
> if (seconds < 10) seconds = "0" + seconds;
> var Datum = (year + "-" + month + "-" + day +' 
> '+hours+':'+minutes+':'+seconds);
> /* The below line submits the datetime as a GET request upon page 
load */
> new Image().src = '/datetest.php?imgdate='+encodeURI(Datum);
> </script>
> </head>
> <body>
> clientdate=<?=$_REQUEST['clientdate']?><br>
> <form method="post" action="" name="myform">
> <!-- The line below sends the datetime upon form submit -->
> <input type="hidden" name="clientdate" value="">
> <input type="submit" 
onClick="document.myform.clientdate.value=Datum;">
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
> 
> The example sends the client date back to the server in 2 different 
ways.
> The first is the img src method, which sends the data immediately 
after 
> the page loads
> the second is via the form in the hidden field.
> 
> ~Rolan
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