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BTEC IT Unit 20 - Website Design/JavaScript/Automatic Date/Time
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Display Day/Date (e.g. Wednesday, February 1, 2017 )
<head>
<title>My Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<time id="msg"></time>
<script>
// Create a JavaScript Date object for the current date and time, and set the desired options.
var date = new Date(),
options = { weekday: "long", month: "long", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" };
// Convert to locale string and add a locale and the options
date = date.toLocaleString( "en-US", options );
// Output the date to the above HTML element
document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML = date;
</script>
</body>