> ...what is wrong with just having:-
> var todayEl = document.getElementById("today");
> todayEl.innerHTML = formatDate(new Date);
document.ElementById has a bug in ie6 and ie7 that will return an
element with a name attribute of the same value. Use $('#today')
instead.
todayEl.innerHTML = "something" can cause memory leaks if events are
added to DOM objects inside of todayEl and then just written over
instead of being removed first. Use $('#today').html(formatDate(new
Date)); instead if this could be a cause for concern.
On Apr 15, 5:16 pm, kiusau <kiu...@mac.com> wrote:
> > If you want to format a local date, . . .
>
>
>
> > var todayEl = document.getElementById("today");
> > todayEl.innerHTML = formatDate(new Date); // [1]
> > [1]http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#formatDate
>
> This also worked, but produced a format very different from that
> required by the context in which the date must appear. Then too, the
> code of the formatDate( ) function requires more knowledge of
> JavaScript than I currently possess. This said, there are certainly
> other contexts where I can make good use of both the formatDate( )
> function and the innerHTML method.
>
> In the end, thank you for your input. Even though it did not address
> my question directly, it has expanded my knowledge of JavaScript
>
> Roddy
