[WEB4LIB] date last modified script? (fwd)

[Samuel Mcdonald]

There are some known Y2k bugs in Netscapes implementation of JavaScript;
for a very good rundown on this see:
http://www.builder.com/Programming/Scripter/010699/?tag=st.cn.sr1.dir.

If you just want a Y2K-safe  date-last-modified script see:
http://www.quantum.net.au/fordie/mod.html

Although, if you can, I would use a server side include (SSI) to do this.
(See: http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssi 
also: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs-1.5/tutorials/includes.html

eg. URL: http://www.libraries.whoever.edu<!--#echo var="DOCUMENT_URI" -->


-Sam



On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Mariner, Vincent A. wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> Can anyone point me to a date last modified script?   The one I currently
> use is not working correctly in Netscape Communicator.
> 
> Here's the current scipt:
> 
>   <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> var theDate = ""
>   theDate = document.lastModified
>   document.writeln("Last Updated: ");
>   document.write(theDate);
>   document.write();
>   </SCRIPT>
> 
> and here is what it produces in Netscape Communicator:
> 
> Last Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 20:00:00
> 
> Works just fine in I.E. 5
> 
> As I looked for a script, I noticed that many people are not using scripts
> for this purpose.  Is this more appropriate, common, a trend, etc.?
> 
> Thanks,
> Vince
> 

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