How to get current date in JS

[angelin precilla]

Hi All,
I need to dispaly the current date time in a jsp page.
I am calling javascript for calender.
My code is

 function getCurrentDateString() {
alert("getCurrentDateString()");
  var ff = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
    var n = new Date();
    var result = ff.format(n);
alert('res->' + result);
  return result;
  
}   

Its not working .
Anyone help me out ....

In java it works fine..

 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;
 
public class Sample {
 
   static public void displayDate() {
 
      Date today;
      String result;
      SimpleDateFormat formatter;
      formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd : HH/mm/ss");
      today = new Date();
      result = formatter.format(today);
 
      System.out.println("Result: " + result);
   }
 

  
 
   static public void main(String[] args) {
           displayDate();
   }
}
   

[Ulf Dittmer]

JavaScript has little to do with Java, despite its name. You can't use Java classes like SimpleDateFormat in JS. If the format you're getting from "new Date().toString()" is not sufficient, you'll need to do string manipulation to transform it.

Alternatively, Java code in the JSP page can embed the formatted date string inside the script:

function getCurrentDateString() {
    alert("getCurrentDateString()");
<%
    java.util.SimpleDateFormat ff = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
    java.util.Date n = new java.util.Date();
%>
    String result = '<%= ff.format(n) %>';
    alert('res->' + result);
    return result;
}

[ November 02, 2007: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[angelin precilla]

How to perform localization in date time using jsp

[Ulf Dittmer]

Let's continue the discussion about localization in this duplicate thread.