List "View" with current time in column

Question

Hi.
I know that list view does not support fields calculated on page load. But I have to realize such functionality.
Can someone provide options for realizing this?
"Hack" some internal SQL query, inject JS on a view page, use .NET code somehow?
Using JS seems as the best solution, but how can I do this?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to display the current time in colum.
The following code snippet for your reference.
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function date(format, timestamp) {
var that = this,
jsdate, f, formatChr = /\\?([a-z])/gi,
formatChrCb,
// Keep this here (works, but for code commented-out
// below for file size reasons)
//, tal= [],
_pad = function(n, c) {
n = n.toString();
return n.length < c ? _pad('0' + n, c, '0') : n;
txt_words = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tues", "Wednes", "Thurs", "Fri", "Satur", "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
formatChrCb = function(t, s) {
return f[t] ? f[t]() : s;
f = {
// Day
d: function() { // Day of month w/leading 0; 01..31
return _pad(f.j(), 2);
D: function() { // Shorthand day name; Mon...Sun
return f.l().slice(0, 3);
j: function() { // Day of month; 1..31
return jsdate.getDate();
l: function() { // Full day name; Monday...Sunday
return txt_words[f.w()] + 'day';
N: function() { // ISO-8601 day of week; 1[Mon]..7[Sun]
return f.w() || 7;
S: function() { // Ordinal suffix for day of month; st, nd, rd, th
var j = f.j();
if (j < 4 || j > 20) {
return (['st', 'nd', 'rd'])[j % 10 - 1];
else {
return 'th';
w: function() { // Day of week; 0[Sun]..6[Sat]
return jsdate.getDay();
z: function() { // Day of year; 0..365
var a = new Date(f.Y(), f.n() - 1, f.j()),
b = new Date(f.Y(), 0, 1);
return Math.round((a - b) / 864e5);
// Week
W: function() { // ISO-8601 week number
var a = new Date(f.Y(), f.n() - 1, f.j() - f.N() + 3),
b = new Date(a.getFullYear(), 0, 4);
return _pad(1 + Math.round((a - b) / 864e5 / 7), 2);
// Month
F: function() { // Full month name; January...December
return txt_words[6 + f.n()];
m: function() { // Month w/leading 0; 01...12
return _pad(f.n(), 2);
M: function() { // Shorthand month name; Jan...Dec
return f.F().slice(0, 3);
n: function() { // Month; 1...12
return jsdate.getMonth() + 1;
t: function() { // Days in month; 28...31
return (new Date(f.Y(), f.n(), 0)).getDate();
// Year
L: function() { // Is leap year?; 0 or 1
var j = f.Y();
return j % 4 === 0 & j % 100 !== 0 | j % 400 === 0;
o: function() { // ISO-8601 year
var n = f.n(),
W = f.W(),
Y = f.Y();
return Y + (n === 12 && W < 9 ? 1 : n === 1 && W > 9 ? -1 : 0);
Y: function() { // Full year; e.g. 1980...2010
return jsdate.getFullYear();
y: function() { // Last two digits of year; 00...99
return f.Y().toString().slice(-2);
// Time
a: function() { // am or pm
return jsdate.getHours() > 11 ? "pm" : "am";
A: function() { // AM or PM
return f.a().toUpperCase();
B: function() { // Swatch Internet time; 000..999
var H = jsdate.getUTCHours() * 36e2,
// Hours
i = jsdate.getUTCMinutes() * 60,
// Minutes
s = jsdate.getUTCSeconds(); // Seconds
return _pad(Math.floor((H + i + s + 36e2) / 86.4) % 1e3, 3);
g: function() { // 12-Hours; 1..12
return f.G() % 12 || 12;
G: function() { // 24-Hours; 0..23
return jsdate.getHours();
h: function() { // 12-Hours w/leading 0; 01..12
return _pad(f.g(), 2);
H: function() { // 24-Hours w/leading 0; 00..23
return _pad(f.G(), 2);
i: function() { // Minutes w/leading 0; 00..59
return _pad(jsdate.getMinutes(), 2);
s: function() { // Seconds w/leading 0; 00..59
return _pad(jsdate.getSeconds(), 2);
u: function() { // Microseconds; 000000-999000
return _pad(jsdate.getMilliseconds() * 1000, 6);
// Timezone
e: function() { // Timezone identifier; e.g. Atlantic/Azores, ...
// The following works, but requires inclusion of the very large
// timezone_abbreviations_list() function.
/* return that.date_default_timezone_get();
throw 'Not supported (see source code of date() for timezone on how to add support)';
I: function() { // DST observed?; 0 or 1
// Compares Jan 1 minus Jan 1 UTC to Jul 1 minus Jul 1 UTC.
// If they are not equal, then DST is observed.
var a = new Date(f.Y(), 0),
// Jan 1
c = Date.UTC(f.Y(), 0),
// Jan 1 UTC
b = new Date(f.Y(), 6),
// Jul 1
d = Date.UTC(f.Y(), 6); // Jul 1 UTC
return ((a - c) !== (b - d)) ? 1 : 0;
O: function() { // Difference to GMT in hour format; e.g. +0200
var tzo = jsdate.getTimezoneOffset(),
a = Math.abs(tzo);
return (tzo > 0 ? "-" : "+") + _pad(Math.floor(a / 60) * 100 + a % 60, 4);
P: function() { // Difference to GMT w/colon; e.g. +02:00
var O = f.O();
return (O.substr(0, 3) + ":" + O.substr(3, 2));
T: function() { // Timezone abbreviation; e.g. EST, MDT, ...
// The following works, but requires inclusion of the very
// large timezone_abbreviations_list() function.
/* var abbr = '', i = 0, os = 0, default = 0;
if (!tal.length) {
tal = that.timezone_abbreviations_list();
if (that.php_js && that.php_js.default_timezone) {
default = that.php_js.default_timezone;
for (abbr in tal) {
for (i=0; i < tal[abbr].length; i++) {
if (tal[abbr][i].timezone_id === default) {
return abbr.toUpperCase();
for (abbr in tal) {
for (i = 0; i < tal[abbr].length; i++) {
os = -jsdate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60;
if (tal[abbr][i].offset === os) {
return abbr.toUpperCase();
return 'UTC';
Z: function() { // Timezone offset in seconds (-43200...50400)
return -jsdate.getTimezoneOffset() * 60;
// Full Date/Time
c: function() { // ISO-8601 date.
return 'Y-m-d\\TH:i:sP'.replace(formatChr, formatChrCb);
r: function() { // RFC 2822
return 'D, d M Y H:i:s O'.replace(formatChr, formatChrCb);
U: function() { // Seconds since UNIX epoch
return jsdate / 1000 | 0;
this.date = function(format, timestamp) {
that = this;
jsdate = (timestamp === undefined ? new Date() : // Not provided
(timestamp instanceof Date) ? new Date(timestamp) : // JS Date()
new Date(timestamp * 1000) // UNIX timestamp (auto-convert to int)
return format.replace(formatChr, formatChrCb);
return this.date(format, timestamp);
$(function() {
$('.ms-noWrap').text(date('l, F jS, Y, h:i:s A'));
</script>
Note: You should change the class name to fit your environment.
http://jsfiddle.net/licson0729/jHHsm/
More reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/580b9c50-f945-4931-b68f-da68d84e766e/how-to-display-current-date-time-in-share-point-using-jquery
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support