A Dynamic Welcome Message : Date « Development « JavaScript DHTML






  1. JavaScript DHTML
  2. Development
  3. Date

A Dynamic Welcome Message

/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman 

John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Date String Maker</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function MakeArray(n) {
    this.length = n
    return this
}
monthNames = new MakeArray(12)
monthNames[1] = "January"
monthNames[2] = "February"
monthNames[3] = "March"
monthNames[4] = "April"
monthNames[5] = "May"
monthNames[6] = "June"
monthNames[7] = "July"
monthNames[8] = "August"
monthNames[9] = "September"
monthNames[10] = "October"
monthNames[11] = "November"
monthNames[12] = "December"
dayNames = new MakeArray(7)
dayNames[1] = "Sunday"
dayNames[2] = "Monday"
dayNames[3] = "Tuesday"
dayNames[4] = "Wednesday"
dayNames[5] = "Thursday"
dayNames[6] = "Friday"
dayNames[7] = "Saturday"
function customDateString(oneDate) {
    var theDay = dayNames[oneDate.getDay() + 1]
    var theMonth = monthNames[oneDate.getMonth() + 1]
    var theYear = oneDate.getYear()
    theYear += (theYear < 100) ? 1900 : 0
    return theDay + ", " + theMonth + " " + oneDate.getDate() + ", " + theYear
}
function dayPart(oneDate) {
    var theHour = oneDate.getHours()
    if (theHour <6 )
        return "wee hours"
    if (theHour < 12)
        return "morning"
    if (theHour < 18)
        return "afternoon"
    return "evening"
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1> Welcome!</H1>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
today = new Date()
var header = (customDateString(today)).italics()
header += "<BR>We hope you are enjoying the "
header += dayPart(today) + "."
document.write(header)
</SCRIPT>
<HR>
</BODY>
</HTML>








Related examples in the same category

1.Demo all methods in Date class
2.how many days Between two dates
3.Today's Date
4.Display date: day month year in string
5.Date: date, month, and year.
6.Set date: setDate, setHour
7.UTC time: getUTCDate returns the Universal Coordinated Time
8.Display weekday: name of the current day
9.Display full date : complete date with the day name and month name
10.Display time: continues writing time per second.
11.Date: Week of the year
12.Display current date: year, month day in number
13.Extending the Date Object to Include Some New Methods
14.Methods and Properties of the Date Object
15.Using the Date Object
16.Output day
17.How Many Days Until Christmas
18.Summer Games Countdown
19.Simple Date Validation
20.GMT Calculator
21.Days Before Next Christmas Xmas
22.Get how many days before a date