Last Modified Date

[sen]

I am using the following script to update the last modify date. Its displaying the currrent date on IE, but on Netscape its displaying Last Updated: 1969-12-31. Can someone provide me a solution.

Thanks
Sen

<script language="JavaScript1.3">
var mydate=new Date(document.lastModified)
var year=mydate.getYear()
if (year < 1000)
year+=1900
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()+1
if (month<10)
month="0"+month
var daym=mydate.getDate()
if (daym<10)
daym="0"+daym
document.write("<small><font color='000000' face='Arial'><a href='/cdo/index_e.html#date'><b>Last Updated: "+year+"-"+month+"-"+daym+"</b></a></font></small>")
</script>

[petesmc]

I don't know about Javascript but you could use SSI,

then it would be:

<!--#config timefmt="%Y-%m-%" -->
<!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED" -->

[freddydoesphp]

Pete what language is that Perl? Please don't say SSI.

[petesmc]

It's not SSI...

Actually it is...

Why? Is there a problem. I think there is a function in javascript that echos the last_modified date...

But who knows.....

HOW ABOUT:

<Script language="Javascript">
update = new Date(document.lastModified)
theMonth = update.getMonth() + 1
theDate = update.getDate()
theYear = update.getYear()
document.writeln("<i>Last Updated:" + theMonth + "-" + theDate + "-" + theYear + "</i>")
</script>
<Edited by petesmc on 01-16-2001 at 12:03 PM>

[freddydoesphp]

No problem just wondering SSI stands for "Server Side Include" So what language are those commands for? What language interprets it on the sevrer?

[petesmc]

SSI...

you make the endings of you HTML pages use .shtml or make a .htaccess file making the server parse .html documents.

Did you try the Javascript i gave you??

i think it could work but not sure...

[freddydoesphp]

I understand how it all works and how to set it up but you are misunderstanding my question. What interpreter does the sevrer use to parse the command s you write in the SSI tag?

[petesmc]

Hmmm....

I would guess a SSI interpreter....

[freddydoesphp]

Anyone else......

[TWTCommish]

Originally posted by petesmc
Why? Is there a problem. I think there is a function in javascript that echos the last_modified date...

Well, we all know document.lastmodified yields the last modified date, so JavaScript can handle it just fine.

Seems the problem here is more with Netscape compatibility issues, unless I'm totally misunderstanding the original post.

Perhaps "sen" can reply and shed some light on things?

[westmich]

You use the native server environment to process SSI regardless of NT, W2K, Linux, or Unix. Pete is right with the SSI interpreter, however, I don't know how standardized the commands are.

[freddydoesphp]

Thanks westmich, I always thought SSI was just to include external pages into a file using a .shtml .shtm file or into whatever files the sevrer is set to parse SSI on. I was just wondering where Pete got those functions from where can someone find a listing of the commands available via SSI calls?

[Son Nguyen]

Freddy, there are SSI and also Extended SSI (SSI with if/else - conditional statements)

These 2 links are very good in knowing what SSI can do:
http://bignosebird.com/ssi.shtml
http://www.useforesite.com/tut_ssi.shtml

What Pete gave the format of the output (date), then the second directive is actually output the date with predefined format.