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Javascript variable / Current Date
Hello, Can someone give me the javascript to display the current date by using a variable? It is similar to the below javascript but I need it to display the date numerically like "06/20/2023"
var options = {weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric', hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', second: '2-digit', hour12: false }; var date = new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-us', options); var player = GetPlayer(); player.SetVar("SystemDate",date);
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That's a great solution, too!
I found this solution. Thanks.
%todaysDate%
let currentTime = new Date();
let month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1;
let day = currentTime.getDate();
let year = currentTime.getFullYear();
// Putting it together
let dateString = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
//Pushing data to Storyline
let player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("todaysDate", dateString);
player.SetVar("month", month);Hi Steve,
You can control the format by adjusting which options you set and what values you provide for them. For example, this set of options will give you 2 digits for the month, 2 digits for the day, and 4 digits for the year:
var options = {month:"2-digit", day:"2-digit", year:"numeric"};var date = new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-us", options);You can also skip the options entirely to get numeric values for all three (e.g., "6/20/2023"):
var date = new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-us");
