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BellisimaJ. · 01-27-2008, 03:37 PM,

I'm trying to teach myself javascript, and I don't understand how some of it works. For example, the code snippet below is from w3schools. It is a simple numerical clock/timer.
This may seem to be a stupid question (I feel stupid asking it Tard

), but how does the script know where to acquire the correct time? :-[ Tard

Code:
<html>

<head>

<script type="text/javascript">

function startTime()

{

var today=new Date();

var h=today.getHours();

var m=today.getMinutes();

var s=today.getSeconds();

// add a zero in front of numbers<10

m=checkTime(m);

s=checkTime(s);

document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s;

t=setTimeout('startTime()',500);

}

function checkTime(i)

{

if (i<10)

  {

  i="0" + i;

  }

return i;

}

</script>

</head>

<body onload="startTime()">

<div id="txt"></div>

</body>

</html>

***regic*** · 01-27-2008, 06:16 PM,

It reads your computer's mind.

BellisimaJ. · 01-27-2008, 07:36 PM,

I knew it was a stupid question. Tard

Thanks, reg. :-[

Is that what the variable is telling it to do----------get the time from the pc viewing the page? Icon_scratch

Code:
var today=new Date();

var h=today.getHours();

var m=today.getMinutes();

var s=today.getSeconds();