Automatic Star/Stop with Save button(Start/Stop format should be mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss)

Question

I have this code but I am getting a format date of Mon Mar 13 2017 19:02:50 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), I am trying to get a date and time to this format mm/dd/yyyy 00:00:00 am/pm

I have this challenge to get the current date and time once I click the save button (date and time format should be mm/dd/yyyy 00:00:00 am/pm) and will be saved to the location specified and will clear out the information or details in the input box.(is this possible)

<html>
  <head >
                <title>Start and stop</TITLE>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
function pad(part)
{
  return ('0' + part).slice(-2);
}
 
function getDateString() {
  var myDate = new Date();
  return pad(myDate.getMonth() + 1) +
    "/" + pad(myDate.getDate()) +
    "/" + myDate.getFullYear() +
    ' ' + pad(myDate.getHours()) +
    ":" + pad(myDate.getMinutes()) +
    ":" + pad(myDate.getSeconds());
}
 
window.onload = function() {
  document.getElementById('date').value = Date();
}
</script>
 
  <script language="javascript">
    function WriteToFile(passForm) {
      var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
      var fileLoc = "C:\\Documents\\tracker.csv";
      var file  = fso.OpenTextFile(fileLoc,8, true,0);
      file.writeline(                  passForm.StartTime.value + ',' +
                                                passForm.StopTime.value);
      file.Close();
     }
  </script>
  </head>
  <body BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 SCROLL=NO>
  <form>
 
<CENTER>
                <table border=2>
                                <tr>
                                                <td align=center>
                                                                Start time
                                                </td>
                                                <td align=center>
                                                                <input type="button" class=button value="   SAVE   " onclick="WriteToFile(this.form)">
                                                </td>
                                </tr>
                                <TR>
                                                <TD align=center>
                                                                <input type="text" name="StartTime" size="25" id="date" class=select disabled="disabled">
                                                </TD>
                                                <TD align=center>
                                                                <input type="text" name="StopTime" size="17" class=select disabled="disabled"><!--the stop time will be automatically saved once the save button is clicked-->
                                                </TD>
                                                </TR>
</table>
  </form>
  </body>
</html>

Why `getDateString` is defined but never used? Also, the `StopTime` input has never been assigned any value. — shaochuancs, Mar 14 '17 at 03:27
This is the code i am using even before but to tell you honestly. I have limited knowledge of javascript which i am asking is someone knows about this. — Red Paje, Mar 14 '17 at 12:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Try using the moment js library as shown in this answer. format date with moment.js

The lib makes it very easy to format dates exactly how you want it.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Mar 13 '17 at 23:53

Luke Chinworth

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Is there anyway you can provide javascript... I dont know how to use jquery yet. – Red Paje Mar 14 '17 at 12:59
The moment lib is hosted on cdnjs https://cdnjs.com/libraries/moment.js, include the file in your document with a script tag. This makes the moment object available in your js. Call moment.format() with the desired format according to the documentation http://momentjs.com/ – Luke Chinworth Mar 14 '17 at 15:27

Automatic Star/Stop with Save button(Start/Stop format should be mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss)

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