yesterday's date in a link?

**rmcelwee** · 11-05-2006, 07:59 PM

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!!!

**ALL** · 11-05-2006, 08:39 PM

try this:

Code:

var futdate = new Date()
var expdate = futdate.getTime()
expdate -= 86400*1000 //expires in 1 hour(milliseconds) 
//alert(expdate);
futdate.setTime(expdate)
alert(futdate);

**rmcelwee** · 11-05-2006, 09:52 PM

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!

**ALL** · 11-06-2006, 12:26 AM

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);

**rmcelwee** · 11-06-2006, 10:38 AM

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>

**ALL** · 11-07-2006, 12:02 AM

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

**rmcelwee** · 11-07-2006, 08:57 AM

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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