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HTML

Posted by Laurence Cimosz
Laurence Cimosz
8,993 Points

getting the time onto a web page with html and javascript

code on the .js page

var today = new Date(); document.getElementById('time').innerHTML=today;

code on html page

<marquee behavior="scroll" bgcolor="yellow" loop="-1" width="30%"> <i> <font color="blue"> Today's date is : <strong> <span id="time"></span> </strong> </font> </i> </marquee>

I'm trying to get the date and time onto a web page. I used this code and it scrolls and just says the date is, and doesn't say the current date and time. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

1 Answer

Jordan Hewett
Jordan Hewett
9,437 Points
Jordan Hewett
Jordan Hewett
9,437 Points

I just tried your code out and it worked for me. Maybe make sure the .js file src is correct in your html. I'm not sure what else unless I see the entire code.