date stamp troubles

[lightwithoutheat]

I'm using a simple JavaScript for a datestamp on my site. However, I'm getting an error when I go to validate it although it works just fine. I can't seem to figure out how to fix the problem so it validates correctly. Any help would be more than appreciated.

The script is:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();

// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');

// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');

// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();

// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number) {
return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}

// Join it all together
today = days[now.getDay()] + ", " +
months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
date + ", " +
(fourdigits(now.getYear())) ;

// Print out the data.
document.write("" + today + "");
</script>

If you need to view the error go to:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...doctype=Inline

[Flawless_koder]

try putting () around the now.getDate().

() automatically evals... but if this still doesn't work try eval(now.getDate)<10.

at the very WORST you might need eval((now.geDate)<10) which should eval to 1 or 0.

Flawless

[lightwithoutheat]

Well, I'm still having problems with the script. The error reads:

Line 93, column 26:
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ (now.getDate());
^Error: character "<" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data

and...

Line 97, column 16:
return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
^Error: character "<" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data


I'm not sure what that means, since I'm not knowledgeable with JavaScript. Any help on what that means and how I can correct it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much.

[Flawless_koder]

If you try just:

<script language=Javascript>

var now=new Date();

var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ (now.getDate());

alert(date);

</script>

in a plain webpage... you *should* see it works.

This indicates the problem is elsewhere

Flawless