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VanessaWylie
Community Member
9 years ago

How to insert current date variable into a "customised certificate slide".

Hi there, I have created a certificate looking slide at the end of my course. I have added in variables for the learners name, their score achieved, I am just missing the date variable to be popul...
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JoanneChen
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Hi Mitzi, follow the steps below and you should be able to show the date

  1. Create a text variable called 'SystemDate'
  2. Create a text box for reference to the variable 'SystemDate'
  3. Add a trigger - execute Javascript when timeline starts the certificate looking slide 
  4. Copy and paste the code below in the Script coloumn

var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March",
"April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
"October", "November", "December");
var today = new Date();
var dd = today.getDate();
var mm = today.getMonth();
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
if(dd<10) { dd='0'+dd }
var date= m_names[mm]+' '+dd+', '+yyyy;
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("SystemDate",date);

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VickieSublette
Community Member
5 years ago

Do you know how to make it appear in date/month/year format? For example, 12 September 2020

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    NatalieBowman
    Community Member
    3 months ago

    Hi, this worked for me.

    var m_names = new Array(" January", " February", " March",
    " April", " May", " June", " July", " August", " September",
    " October", " November", " December");
    var today = new Date();
    var dd = today.getDate();
    var mm = today.getMonth();
    var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
    if(dd<10) { dd='0'+dd }
    var date= ' '+dd+m_names[mm]+', '+yyyy;
    var player = GetPlayer();
    player.SetVar("SystemDate",date);

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