How To Show Current Time And Date On My Home Page

HI, i wanted to know the script that shows the current time and date on my home page.

Do you want to show YOUR time to others, such as your timezone, your place, OR to you want to show VISITOR'S time?

Or, perhaps you want to show the SERVER time?

The quickest and the best time script I've seen so far is this (almost accurate to seconds)

<script type="text/javascript">

// Current Server Time script (SSI or PHP)- By JavaScriptKit.com (http://javascriptkit.com;
// For this and over 400+ free scripts, visit JavaScript Kit- [url="http://www.javascriptkit.com/;
// This notice must stay intact for use.

//Depending on whether your page supports SSI (.shtml) or PHP (.php), UNCOMMENT the line below your page supports and COMMENT the one it does not:
//Default is that SSI method is uncommented, and PHP is commented:

var currenttime = '<!--#config timefmt="%B %d, %Y %H:%M:%S"--><!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL" -->' //SSI method of getting server date
//var currenttime = '<? print date("F d, Y H:i:s", time())?>' //PHP method of getting server date

///////////Stop editting here/////////////////////////////////

var montharray=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
var serverdate=new Date(currenttime)

function padlength(what){
var output=(what.toString().length==1)? "0"+what : what
return output
}

function displaytime(){
serverdate.setSeconds(serverdate.getSeconds()+1)
var datestring=montharray[serverdate.getMonth()]+" "+padlength(serverdate.getDate())+", "+serverdate.getFullYear()
var timestring=padlength(serverdate.getHours())+":"+padlength(serverdate.getMinutes())+":"+padlength(serverdate.getSeconds())
document.getElementById("servertime").innerHTML=datestring+" "+timestring
}

window.onload=function(){
setInterval("displaytime()", 1000)
}

</script>

<p><b>Current Server Time:</b> <span id="servertime"></span></p>

<p style="font: normal 11px Arial">This free script provided by<br />
<a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/ Kit</a></p>

Copy the above code and save it as .shtml

For example, time.shtml

And just call this file. It's an amazing little clock script.

The time script that's easily to manipulate I would use PHP script

<?php $m=date(m);
$d=date(j);
$y=date(Y);

$testday = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, 1, $y));
echo "$testday<br />";
$x=jdtounix($testday);
echo "9.1.2006 in Unix time = $x";

?>

Simple and crude but very effective.

And the next one is the motherload of all clock script. I've only used it once and proved to be more than I needed.

<?php
/*** Clock -- beginning of server-side support code
by Andrew Shearer, [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;
v2.1.2-PHP, 2003-08-07. For updates and explanations, see
<http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;. ***/

/* Prevent this page from being cached (though some browsers still
   cache the page anyway, which is why we use cookies). This is
   only important if the cookie is deleted while the page is still
   cached (and for ancient browsers that don't know about Cache-Control).
   If that's not an issue, you may be able to get away with
   "Cache-Control: private" instead. */
header("Pragma: no-cache");

/* Grab the current server time. */
$gDate = time();
/* Are the seconds shown by default? When changing this, also change the
   JavaScript client code's definition of clockShowsSeconds below to match. */
$gClockShowsSeconds = false;

function getServerDateItems($inDate) {
	return date('Y,n,j,G,',$inDate).intval(date('i',$inDate)).','.intval(date('s',$inDate));
	// year (4-digit),month,day,hours (0-23),minutes,seconds
	// use intval to strip leading zero from minutes and seconds
	//   so JavaScript won't try to interpret them in octal
	//   (use intval instead of ltrim, which translates '00' to '')
}

function clockDateString($inDate) {
	return date('l, F j, Y',$inDate);	// eg "Monday, January 1, 2002"
}

function clockTimeString($inDate, $showSeconds) {
	return date($showSeconds ? 'g:i:s' : 'g:i',$inDate).' ';
}
/*** Clock -- end of server-side support code ***/
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Clock</title>
<meta name="template" content="none">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
/* set up variables used to init clock in BODY's onLoad handler;
   should be done as early as possible */
var clockLocalStartTime = new Date();
var clockServerStartTime = new Date(<?php echo(getServerDateItems($gDate))?>);

/* stub functions for older browsers;
   will be overridden by next JavaScript1.2 block */
function clockInit() {
}
//-->
</script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">
<!--
/*** simpleFindObj, by Andrew Shearer

Efficiently finds an object by name/id, using whichever of the IE,
classic Netscape, or Netscape 6/W3C DOM methods is available.
The optional inLayer argument helps Netscape 4 find objects in
the named layer or floating DIV. */
function simpleFindObj(name, inLayer) {
	return document[name] || (document.all && document.all[name])
		|| (document.getElementById && document.getElementById(name))
		|| (document.layers && inLayer && document.layers[inLayer].document[name]);
}

/*** Beginning of Clock 2.1.2, by Andrew Shearer
See: [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/;
Redistribution is permitted with the above notice intact.

Client-side clock, based on computed time differential between browser &
server. The server time is inserted by server-side JavaScript, and local
time is subtracted from it by client-side JavaScript while the page is
loading.

Cookies: The local and remote times are saved in cookies named
localClock and remoteClock, so that when the page is loaded from local
cache (e.g. by the Back button) the clock will know that the embedded
server time is stale compared to the local time, since it already
matches its cookie. It can then base the calculations on both cookies,
without reloading the page from the server. (IE 4 & 5 for Windows didn't
respect Response.Expires = 0, so if cookies weren't used, the clock
would be wrong after going to another page then clicking Back. Netscape
& Mac IE were OK.)

Every so often (by default, one hour) the clock will reload the page, to
make sure the clock is in sync (as well as to update the rest of the
page content).

Compatibility: IE 4.x and 5.0, Netscape 4.x and 6.0, Mozilla 1.0. Mac & Windows.

History:  1.0   2000-05-09 GIF-image digits
		  2.0   2000-06-29 Uses text DIV layers (so 4.0 browsers req'd), &
						 cookies to work around Win IE stale-time bug
		  2.1   2002-10-12 Noted Mozilla 1.0 compatibility; released PHP version.
		  2.1.1 2002-10-20 Fixed octal bug in the PHP translation; the number of
						  minutes & seconds were misinterpretes when less than 10
		  2.1.2 2003-08-07 The previous fix had introduced a bug when the
						minutes or seconds were exactly 0. Thanks to Man Bui
						for reporting the bug.
*/
var clockIncrementMillis = 60000;
var localTime;
var clockOffset;
var clockExpirationLocal;
var clockShowsSeconds = false;
var clockTimerID = null;

function clockInit(localDateObject, serverDateObject)
{
	var origRemoteClock = parseInt(clockGetCookieData("remoteClock"));
	var origLocalClock = parseInt(clockGetCookieData("localClock"));
	var newRemoteClock = serverDateObject.getTime();
	// May be stale (WinIE); will check against cookie later
	// Can't use the millisec. ctor here because of client inconsistencies.
	var newLocalClock = localDateObject.getTime();
	var maxClockAge = 60 * 60 * 1000;   // get new time from server every 1hr

	if (newRemoteClock != origRemoteClock) {
		// new clocks are up-to-date (newer than any cookies)
		document.cookie = "remoteClock=" + newRemoteClock;
		document.cookie = "localClock=" + newLocalClock;
		clockOffset = newRemoteClock - newLocalClock;
		clockExpirationLocal = newLocalClock + maxClockAge;
		localTime = newLocalClock;  // to keep clockUpdate() happy
	}
	else if (origLocalClock != origLocalClock) {
		// error; localClock cookie is invalid (parsed as NaN)
		clockOffset = null;
		clockExpirationLocal = null;
	}
	else {
		// fall back to clocks in cookies
		clockOffset = origRemoteClock - origLocalClock;
		clockExpirationLocal = origLocalClock + maxClockAge;
		localTime = origLocalClock;
		// so clockUpdate() will reload if newLocalClock
		// is earlier (clock was reset)
	}
	/* Reload page at server midnight to display the new date,
	   by expiring the clock then */
	var nextDayLocal = (new Date(serverDateObject.getFullYear(),
			serverDateObject.getMonth(),
			serverDateObject.getDate() + 1)).getTime() - clockOffset;
	if (nextDayLocal < clockExpirationLocal) {
		clockExpirationLocal = nextDayLocal;
	}
}

function clockOnLoad()
{
	clockUpdate();
}

function clockOnUnload() {
	clockClearTimeout();
}

function clockClearTimeout() {
	if (clockTimerID) {
		clearTimeout(clockTimerID);
		clockTimerID = null;
	}
}

function clockToggleSeconds()
{
	clockClearTimeout();
	if (clockShowsSeconds) {
		clockShowsSeconds = false;
		clockIncrementMillis = 60000;
	}
	else {
		clockShowsSeconds = true;
		clockIncrementMillis = 1000;
	}
	clockUpdate();
}

function clockTimeString(inHours, inMinutes, inSeconds) {
	return inHours == null ? "-:--" : ((inHours == 0
				   ? "12" : (inHours <= 12 ? inHours : inHours - 12))
				+ (inMinutes < 10 ? ":0" : ":") + inMinutes
				+ (clockShowsSeconds
				   ? ((inSeconds < 10 ? ":0" : ":") + inSeconds) : "")
				+ (inHours < 12 ? " AM" : " PM"));
}

function clockDisplayTime(inHours, inMinutes, inSeconds) {
	
	clockWriteToDiv("ClockTime", clockTimeString(inHours, inMinutes, inSeconds));
}

function clockWriteToDiv(divName, newValue) // APS 6/29/00
{
	var divObject = simpleFindObj(divName);
	newValue = '<p>' + newValue + '<' + '/p>';
	if (divObject && divObject.innerHTML) {
		divObject.innerHTML = newValue;
	}
	else if (divObject && divObject.document) {
		divObject.document.writeln(newValue);
		divObject.document.close();
	}
	// else divObject wasn't found; it's only a clock, so don't bother complaining
}

function clockGetCookieData(label) {
	/* find the value of the specified cookie in the document's
	semicolon-delimited collection. For IE Win98 compatibility, search
	from the end of the string (to find most specific host/path) and
	don't require "=" between cookie name & empty cookie values. Returns
	null if cookie not found. One remaining problem: Under IE 5 [Win98],
	setting a cookie with no equals sign creates a cookie with no name,
	just data, which is indistinguishable from a cookie with that name
	but no data but can't be overwritten by any cookie with an equals
	sign. */
	var c = document.cookie;
	if (c) {
		var labelLen = label.length, cEnd = c.length;
		while (cEnd > 0) {
			var cStart = c.lastIndexOf(';',cEnd-1) + 1;
			/* bug fix to Danny Goodman's code: calculate cEnd, to
			prevent walking the string char-by-char & finding cookie
			labels that contained the desired label as suffixes */
			// skip leading spaces
			while (cStart < cEnd && c.charAt(cStart)==" ") cStart++;
			if (cStart + labelLen <= cEnd && c.substr(cStart,labelLen) == label) {
				if (cStart + labelLen == cEnd) {				
					return ""; // empty cookie value, no "="
				}
				else if (c.charAt(cStart+labelLen) == "=") {
					// has "=" after label
					return unescape(c.substring(cStart + labelLen + 1,cEnd));
				}
			}
			cEnd = cStart - 1;  // skip semicolon
		}
	}
	return null;
}

/* Called regularly to update the clock display as well as onLoad (user
   may have clicked the Back button to arrive here, so the clock would need
   an immediate update) */
function clockUpdate()
{
	var lastLocalTime = localTime;
	localTime = (new Date()).getTime();
	
	/* Sanity-check the diff. in local time between successive calls;
	   reload if user has reset system clock */
	if (clockOffset == null) {
		clockDisplayTime(null, null, null);
	}
	else if (localTime < lastLocalTime || clockExpirationLocal < localTime) {
		/* Clock expired, or time appeared to go backward (user reset
		   the clock). Reset cookies to prevent infinite reload loop if
		   server doesn't give a new time. */
		document.cookie = 'remoteClock=-';
		document.cookie = 'localClock=-';
		location.reload();	  // will refresh time values in cookies
	}
	else {
		// Compute what time would be on server 
		var serverTime = new Date(localTime + clockOffset);
		clockDisplayTime(serverTime.getHours(), serverTime.getMinutes(),
			serverTime.getSeconds());
		
		// Reschedule this func to run on next even clockIncrementMillis boundary
		clockTimerID = setTimeout("clockUpdate()",
			clockIncrementMillis - (serverTime.getTime() % clockIncrementMillis));
	}
}

/*** End of Clock ***/
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
	onload="clockInit(clockLocalStartTime, clockServerStartTime);clockOnLoad();"
	onunload="clockOnUnload()">
<div id="ClockTime" style="position: absolute; left: 406px; top: 28px;
	width: 200px; height: 20px; z-index: 11; cursor: pointer"
	onclick="clockToggleSeconds()">
  <p><?php echo(clockTimeString($gDate,$gClockShowsSeconds));?></p>
</div>
<div id="ClockBkgnd" style="position: absolute; left: 406px; top: 28px;
	width: 200px; z-index: 10">
  <p> <br>
  <?php echo(clockDateString($gDate));?></p>
</div>
<p><i>Click on the time to show or hide seconds.</i></p>
</body>
</html>

Save it as .php and you're good to go.

That script is very impressive, original and very extensive if you ask me.

Despite your request, that you wsnt a script, it usre narrows it down, but anyway, if you prefer a flash clock, an analog or digital clock made with the adobe flash technology, i have a website which has plebty of free flash clocks to choose from, it covers all styles, for websites, blogs, forums, et cetera, see at http://freeflashclocks.eu/blog . Hope i helped too, i take it back if you really wn a script only.

Despite php. you can also use a simple JavaScrip code to show time in your website:

<!-- THREE STEPS TO INSTALL CURRENT TIME:   1.  Paste the specified coding into the HEAD of your HTML document   2.  Add the onLoad event handler to the BODY tag   2.  Put the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  --><!-- STEP ONE: Copy this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  --><HEAD><script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Beginvar timerID = null;var timerRunning = false;function stopclock (){if(timerRunning)clearTimeout(timerID);timerRunning = false;}function showtime () {var now = new Date();var hours = now.getHours();var minutes = now.getMinutes();var seconds = now.getSeconds()var timeValue = "" + ((hours >12) ? hours -12 :hours)if (timeValue == "0") timeValue = 12;timeValue += ((minutes < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + minutestimeValue += ((seconds < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + secondstimeValue += (hours >= 12) ? " P.M." : " A.M."document.clock.face.value = timeValue;timerID = setTimeout("showtime()",1000);timerRunning = true;}function startclock() {stopclock();showtime();}// End --></SCRIPT><!-- STEP TWO: Add this onLoad event handler to the BODY tag  --><BODY onLoad="startclock()"><!-- STEP THREE: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --><CENTER><FORM name="clock"><input type="text" name="face" size=13 value=""></FORM></CENTER><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><!-- Script Size:  1.45 KB  -->