Java Script help with copyright and last updated dates

That's what this js is supposed to do, but I can see it's not working in FF.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

I think what Murray was fazed by is the notion that you have to update
copyright notices "once a year." The copyright year is the year in which
the work was created. If that was 1999, the the copyright will be 1999,
no matter what the year is now. So updating copyright notices to the
current year is pointless and may actually invalidate them.

Typically, one simply puts a blanket copyright on the contents of a web
site:

Web site copyrighted 1998-2005

etc...

-Darrel

That's what this js is supposed to do

Oh, right. I'm just saying that if it was an SSI, that'd be fairly trivial
to update.

-DArrel

If the proper neurons fire, of course.

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"darrel" <notreal (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

That's what this js is supposed to do

Oh, right. I'm just saying that if it was an SSI, that'd be fairly trivial
to update.

-DArrel

darrel wrote:

Oh, right. I'm just saying that if it was an SSI, that'd be fairly trivial
to update.

If you use Apache and SSI, there would be no need to update it at all:

<!--#config timefmt="%Y" -->
Copyright 1911 - <!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->


Gary

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
I'd suggest not using javascript for the copyright date, since that only
needs updating once a year, a SSI might make more sense.

Also, the javascript 'last updated' is pointless, since it doesn't have
anything to do with when the page was actually last updated, so I'd just get
rid of that.

-Darrel




Best simple advice I heard all day...I don't need no stinkin JavaScript dates.
I can easily update the copyright date once per year because it is included in
the template.

I deleted the JavaScript. Thanks for the help...simple is usually best.

Dreamweaver can update the date everytime you save your page. Is this
what you want?

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CrimeDoctor wrote:

My website http://www.crimedoctor.com has Java Scripts at the very bottom of
the page for updating the copyright year and page last updated date. It
displays the year perfectly in IE 6.0 as ?5/16/2005?

However, in Netscape and Firefox the Java Script displays the year as
?5/16/105?

Can anyone advise me how to fix this code?I can?t see the error?

Here is the Java Script code:

script type="text/javascript"></script
script type="text/javascript">function todayStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getMonth()+"/"+today.getDate()+"/"+(today.getYear())
}
function yearStr() {
var today=new Date()
return today.getYear()
}
/script
Copyright &copy; 1996-
script type="text/javascript">document.write(yearStr())</script
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br
Page Last Updated -
script type="text/javascript">document.write(todayStr())</script

CrimeDoctor wrote:

My website http://www.crimedoctor.com has Java Scripts at the very bottom of
the page for updating the copyright year and page last updated date. It
displays the year perfectly in IE 6.0 as ?5/16/2005?

However, in Netscape and Firefox the Java Script displays the year as
?5/16/105?

Can anyone advise me how to fix this code?I can?t see the error?

<p id="foo" style="display:hidden">
Copyright &copy; 1996-
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(new Date().getFullYear())
</script>
- Aegis Books, Inc. - All Rights Reserved - <br>
Page Last Updated -
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(document.lastModified || "recently")
</script>
</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById("foo").style.display="";
</script>


Mick

Mick White wrote:

p id="foo" style="display:hidden"

<p id="foo" style="display:none">


Gary

Gary White wrote:

Mick White wrote:


p id="foo" style="display:hidden"


p id="foo" style="display:none"


Gary
Yep.

Thanks, Gary.
Mick

Mick White wrote:

Yep.
Thanks, Gary.

NP, Mick.


Gary