Formcalc or Javascript equivilent of =now() in Excel

Question

Could someone please tell me if there is a Formcalc or Javascript equivilent of =now() in Excel? I know there is that time function, but that seems to come out with a long number that doen't mean anything to me. I want to be able to tab into a field, and the field show the current system time in HH:MM format.
Thanks.

Answer 1

In JavaScript you would use the Date object:
// Create variables
var currentDate;
var hours;
var minutes;
var formattedTime;
// Get time
currentDate   = new Date();
hours         = currentDate.getHours();
minutes       = currentDate.getMinutes();
// Format time
if (hours   < 10) { hours = "0" + hours };
if (minutes < 10) { minutes = "0" + minutes };
formattedTime = hours + ":" + minutes;
// Display formatted time
this.rawValue = formattedTime;
In your case, you would put this script in the 'enter' event of your field.
If you are doing this across multiple fields, it would make sence to implement this as a function in a script object.
Ben Walsh
www.avoka.com