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  1. 11-05-2006, 07:59 PM #1
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    yesterday's date in a link?

    I have read the thread showing how to display todays date ( http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_he...read.php?t=556 )but what I am looking for is a little bit different. How do I add yesterdays date to a link (like below):
    <a href="http://mytext.com/11052006.txt"> click here to download yesterday's text</a><br>
    I would put 3 days on there - today, yesterday, and day before yesterday and have it update every day.

    Thanks!!!
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    try this:

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    var futdate = new Date()
var expdate = futdate.getTime()
expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds) 
//alert(expdate);
futdate.setTime(expdate)
alert(futdate);
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    Quote Originally Posted by ALL
    try this:
    That displays the time in a pop up box, but does not display it as a link (for clicking on it and downloading as in my example). Thanks for trying though!
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    oh well i figured you knew javascript a little...

    then try this:
    Code:
    var expdate = futdate.getTime()
expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds) 
//alert(expdate);
futdate.setTime(expdate)
//alert(futdate);

var a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = "http://www.google.com/"+futdate;
a.title = futdate;
a.innerHTML ="CLICK HERE!";
document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(a);
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  5. 11-06-2006, 10:38 AM #5
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    I added the text below to my html and it doesn't do anything (nothing shows up on the page):



    <script language="JavaScript">
    var expdate = futdate.getTime()
    expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds)
    //alert(expdate);
    futdate.setTime(expdate)
    //alert(futdate);
    var a = document.createElement('a');
    a.href = "<A href="http://www.google.com/"+futdate">http://www.google.com/"+futdate;
    a.title = futdate;
    a.innerHTML ="CLICK HERE!";
    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(a);
    </script>
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    Quote Originally Posted by rmcelwee
    I added the text below to my html and it doesn't do anything (nothing shows up on the page):



    <script language="JavaScript">
    var expdate = futdate.getTime()
    expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds)
    //alert(expdate);
    futdate.setTime(expdate)
    //alert(futdate);
    var a = document.createElement('a');
    a.href = "<A href="http://www.google.com/"+futdate">http://www.google.com/"+futdate;
    a.title = futdate;
    a.innerHTML ="CLICK HERE!";
    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(a);
    </script>
    well first off you have a few errors in your code...

    second off... i missed the first line of code (probably when i copied and pasted it).

    here is the code this time...

    HTML Code:
    <html>

<head>
</head>

<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
var futdate = new Date()
var expdate = futdate.getTime()
expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds) 
//alert(expdate);
futdate.setTime(expdate)
//alert(futdate);
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = 'http://www.google.com/'+futdate;
a.title = futdate;
a.innerHTML ="CLICK HERE!";
document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(a);
</script>
</body>

</html>
    This time i know it works! because i was just running it in IE7!

    -ALL
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  7. 11-07-2006, 08:57 AM #7
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    Re: yesterday's date in a link?

    Close, but it doesn't get me in my needed format. It contains the time, day of the week, EST, and some other stuff. Thanks though, I appreciate it!
    <a href="http://mytext.com/11052006.txt"> click here to download yesterday's text</a><br>


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