In forms when asking for date fields it is a good idea to validate the date value using client side (JavaScript) validation along with your programming language validation. The following example shows how you can do this for the mm/dd/yyyy format.

This is a simple tutorial explaining how to show the date of the last modification to the current page using JavaScript.

You could use your status bar to display the time and date. You might also use it to display mouse-over text or a welcome message. View the source of the demo page for the source code.

Find here the complete list of properties and methods of the Date object of JavaScript. Also includes examples.

Simple code to greet the visitors with an appropriate welcome message. With this script you can change the text depending on the time of day.

There are many ways to add a date on your screen. This page shows how to put a date and day (for instance: wednesday, march 20th, 2002), using an array.

The document object has a last modified date property. This specifys the date the file was last modified on. This can be useful for showing when the page was last modified without having to modify any HTML when you make a change. This tutorial shows how to display the last modified date in several different formats using JavaScript.

Learn how to display the current date and how to perform math calculations using JavaScript.

If you were like me, before I learned JavaScript, one of the most eager things I wanted to know was how to access the time using JavaScript-displaying it, working with it and so on. Well, it was, in fact very easy, and I'll tell you why. JavaScript already has a built in object that gets the date and time for you -all you have to do is use it!

Learn how to calculate the difference between two dates in JavaScript, and in the process, derive some useful applications such as counting down to a particular event, counting up, displaying what's new on your page etc.