How to get system timing in ESS/MSS

HI All,
i need to customize one of the ESS / MSS iviews......
I have to get the system time and populate it into one of the fields of ESS.......
aslo i have to disable the field so that the user would not be able to edit the time...
how can i do it ?
Please guide me on this..i am really getting now idea how to d it......
regards,
PK

Hi Achim,
thanks for your reply.
Actually my requirement is that
1). I have to just hide/disable some fields in the front end of ESS (ESS 50.4 which is ITS based) so that the user should not be able to edit those fields
2). I have to catch the system time and show it in the ESS front end...i dont know how to get the system time...for this do i have to change the code of the ESS aplication....if yes then can u plz tell me how to do it
Can you please give me any idea how to do these two things ?
regards,
PK

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