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ShowDate Function

This script is a great example that shows the date in different formats from one function. Seeing the examples makes this script easy to modify and can be used to help understand the underlying code.

Syntax:

Showdate ( [date object|string], [day string], [month string], [date string], [year string], [delimeter string] )

Date:- Javascript date object in the form new Date(), new Date(1982,06,30).

Day:- Day string in the form "dddd" or "ddd".

Month:- Month string in the form "mmmm", "mmm", "mm".

Date:- Date string in the form "dddd", "ddd", "dd", "d".

Year:- Year string in the form "yyyy", "yy".

Example	Results
Showdate(new Date(), 'dddd', 'mmm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '-')
Showdate(new Date(), 'dd', 'mm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '.')
Showdate(new Date(2001,11,25), 'dddd', 'mmm', 'dd', 'yy', ' ')

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The JavaScript Source: Time and Date: ShowDate Function
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  <BODY>     <script LANGUAGE="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="showdate.js"></script> <table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#ffcc33; padding:0x; height:20px; border-bottom:#eee 5px solid"> <div align="left" id="banner" style="padding:2px">Javascript Function :: <b>Showdate()</b></div> <p style="padding-left:15px; background-color:#eee;"> Syntax: <br><br> <b>Showdate</b> ( [date object|string], [day string], [month string], [date string], [year string], [delimeter string] ) <br> <br> <i>Date</i>:- Javascript date object in the form <i>new Date(), new Date(1982,06,30)</i>. <br> <br> <i>Day</i>:- Day string in the form <i>"dddd" or "ddd"</i>. <br> <br> <i>Month</i>:- Month string in the form <i>"mmmm", "mmm", "mm"</i>. <br> <br> <i>Date</i>:- Date string in the form <i>"dddd", "ddd", "dd", "d"</i>. <br> <br> <i>Year</i>:- Year string in the form <i>"yyyy", "yy"</i>. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="650" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x;"> Example </td> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x;"> Results </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x;">Showdate(new Date(), 'dddd', 'mmm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '-')</td> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x; height:20px; border-bottom:#eee 5px solid"> <script LANGUAGE="javascript" type="text/javascript"> document.write(Showdate(new Date(), 'dddd', 'mmmm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '-'))</script> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x;">Showdate(new Date(), 'dd', 'mm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '.')</td> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x; height:20px; border-bottom:#eee 5px solid"> <script LANGUAGE="javascript" type="text/javascript"> document.write(Showdate(new Date(), 'dd', 'mm', 'dd', 'yyyy', '.')) </script> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x;">Showdate(new Date(2001,11,25), 'dddd', 'mmm', 'dd', 'yy', ' ')</td> <td style="font-family:verdana; font-size:10px; background-color:#eee; padding:0x; height:20px; border-bottom:#eee 5px solid"> <script LANGUAGE="javascript" type="text/javascript"> document.write(Showdate(new Date(2001,11,25), 'dddd', 'mmm', 'dd', 'yy', ' '))</script></td> </tr> </table> <p> <a href="showdate.js">Download showdate.js</a> <p><center> <font face="arial, helvetica" size"-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br> by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font> </center><p> 
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