How to reference application version number and current date in page footer

Question

Am new to Apex and am creating first app for production users on Apex 4.0.1 ... I notice that Application Builder app itself displays the version number at bottom right of screen .. are there any substitution strings that I can use to get current date and application version in my own Apex app ... or do I need to create e.g Javascript to format the date and create my own substitution string ?
Any help much appreciated .. thanks !

Answer 1

I modified the Footer of our Default page template. Used JavaScript for the date, below is the code we use. The very last table is specific to our environment and it would need to be customized for your use or removed if not needed. I am a JavaScript novice so this may be crude but it does the job.
Jeff
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
border="0">
<tr>
<td width="500">
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
function GetDay(nDay)
     var Days = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday",
                          "Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
     return Days[nDay]
function GetMonth(nMonth)
     var Months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June",
                            "July","August","September","October","November","December");
     return Months[nMonth]             
function GetTime () {
  var curtime = new Date();
  var curhour = curtime.getHours();
  var curmin = curtime.getMinutes();
  var cursec = curtime.getSeconds();
  var time = "";
  if(curhour == 0) curhour = 12;
  time = (curhour > 12 ? curhour - 12 : curhour) + ":" +
         (curmin < 10 ? "0" : "") + curmin + ":" +
         (cursec < 10 ? "0" : "") + cursec + " " +
         (curhour > 12 ? "PM" : "AM");
  return time;
function DateString()
     var Today = new Date();
     var suffix = "th";
     switch (Today.getDate())
          case 1:
          case 21:
          case 31:
               suffix = "st"; break;
          case 2:
          case 22:
               suffix = "nd"; break;
          case 3:
          case 23:
               suffix = "rd"; break;
     var strDate = GetDay(Today.getDay()) + " - " + GetMonth(Today.getMonth()) + " " + Today.getDate(); strDate += suffix + ", " + Today.getFullYear() + " " ;
     return strDate
//-->
</script>
<script Language="JavaScript">
<!--
document.write(DateString() + GetTime());
//-->
</script>
</td>
<td width="300" class="fineprint"><div align="right">
</div></td>
<td width="900" class="fineprint"><div align="right">
&APP_USER.
#APP_VERSION#
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
border="0">
<tr>
<td width="33%" align="left" valign="bottom"><img
src="#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#iconseal-rust.gif" alt="NH State Seal" width="25"
height="25" /></td>
<td  width="33%" align="center" valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.nh.gov/" class="fineprint">NH.gov</a>
  <a href="http://www.nh.gov/disclaimer.html"
class="fineprint">Privacy Policy</a>   <a
href="http://www.nh.gov/wai/index.html" class="fineprint">Accessibility
Policy</a></td>
<td width="33%" class="fineprint"><div align="right">Copyright &#169 State of
New Hampshire, 2007-2010</div></td>
</tr>
</table><br />
#FORM_CLOSE#
</body>
</html>