Getting date and time from SharePoint Server 2007 and throw it to Javascript variable

Question

How to I get the date and time from SharePoint Server 2007 and pass this value as a Javascript variable?

Answer 1

No need to get it from SharePoint; use a content editor web part (CEWP) to get the date directly in JavaScript. Once you've dropped a CEWP on the page, click to add content, choose HTML > Edit HTML Source from the ribbon. Now put a JavaScript block in it: <script type="text/javascript">....</script>. For the block, use this example to display the date: http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/javascript/date-time/

Something as simple as var d = new Date(); will fetch the current date as an object, but you'll have to use the example to format it the way you need.

If you need to fetch the server time, you can a) use the Client Object Model to connect to the server via JavaScript; b) use some simple server-side code to fetch the system date on your master page or page layout and store it in a JavaScript variable:

var systemDate = new Date("<%= System.DateTime.Now %>");

Now you're using JavaScript client side and fetching the date from the system server side. You have it stored in a Date object in JavaScript so you can use the earlier example to manipulate it as needed. Ensure that server-side code blocks are enabled in your web.config for this to work.