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BTEC IT Unit 20 - Website Design/JavaScript/Automatic Date/Time

< BTEC IT Unit 20 - Website Design | JavaScript

Display Day/Date (e.g. Wednesday, ‎February‎ 1, ‎2017 ) 

<head>
<title>My Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <time id="msg"></time>
<script>
  // Create a JavaScript Date object for the current date and time, and set the desired options.
  var date = new Date(),
      options = { weekday: "long", month: "long", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" };
 
  // Convert to locale string and add a locale and the options
  date = date.toLocaleString( "en-US", options );
 
  // Output the date to the above HTML element
  document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML = date;
</script>
</body>
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