Auto insert date and time in form input field

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Using javascript  how can we auto insert the current DATE and TIME into a form input field   I m building a  Problems  form to keep track of user submitted complaints about a certain service  I m collecting as much info as possible  I want to save the staff here from having to manually enter the date and time each time they open the form   I have this snippet of code    lt input id  date  name  date  value  javascript document write Date          gt    but it s not working   many thanks for any help

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lt input id  date  name  date    gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt  document getElementById  date   value   new Date     lt  script gt

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See the example  http   jsbin com ahehe  Use the JavaScript date formatting utility described here    lt input id  date  name  date    gt    lt script gt     document getElementById  date   value    new Date    format  m dd yy     lt  script gt

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The fastest way to get date formatting thats any good is to use datejs   The lib is really easy to use and does give you very pretty formatting     as far as your code snippet  dont use document write if you can help it  try    document getElementById  date   value   new Date   toUTCString

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It sounds like you are going to be storing the value that input field contains after the form is submitted  which means you are using a scripting language  I would use it instead of JavaScript as most scripting languages have better time date formatting options  In PHP you could do something like this    lt input id  date  name  date  value   lt  php echo date  M j  Y - g i      gt    gt    Which would fill the field with  Jun 16  2009 - 8 58

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lt input type  date  id  myDate     gt    lt script type  text javascript  gt  function SetDate     var date   new Date     var day   date getDate    var month   date getMonth     1  var year   date getFullYear     if  month  lt  10  month    0    month  if  day  lt  10  day    0    day   var today   year    -    month    -    day    document getElementById  myDate   value   today     lt  script gt    lt body onload  SetDate     gt    found here  http   jsbin com oqekar 1 edit html js output

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Javascript won t execute within a value attribute  You could do something like this  though    lt input id  date  name  date  gt    lt script type  text javascript  gt    document getElementById  date   value   Date     lt  script gt    You d probably want to format the date as you prefer  because the default output of Date   looks something like  Tue Jun 16 2009 10 47 10 GMT-0400  Eastern Daylight Time   See this SO question for info about formatting a date

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var date   new Date     document getElementById  date   value   date getFullYear      -     date getMonth   lt 10  0         date getMonth     1     -     date getDate   lt 10  0        date getDate     document getElementById  hour   value    date getHours   lt 10  0        date getHours             date getMinutes   lt 10  0        date getMinutes

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startDate   val   datepicker formatDate  dd mm yy   new Date          endDate   val   datepicker formatDate  dd mm yy   new Date        Add the above code at the end of the script  This is required because the datepicker plugin has no provision to set the date in the control while initializing

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Another option is    lt script language  JavaScript  type  text javascript  gt   document getElementById  my date box   value     Stamp getDate        Stamp getMonth     1       Stamp getYear        lt  script gt

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If you are using HTML5 date  use this code  HTML   lt input type  date  name  bday  id  start date   gt    Java Script  document getElementById  start date   value   Date

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Im not do not know all of the technical language but I could not find the answer anywhere so I came up with this and it worked    Good Luck    time   date  Y m d h i s      sql    INSERT INTO  yourtablenamehere    dt    VALUES    time

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