Javascript variable / Current Date

Just a note- Make sure when creating your variable for todaysDate that it is a TEXT variable and not a number variable.

This is super helpful and I'm looking at adding something similar.  However, is it possible to add today's date but have it contingent on the time? I'm working to set the TRADE date for the stock market, and because the stock market closes at 4PM EST, I need the date to stay as the current date or change to the next business day if a trade happens after 4PM EST.  Is this possible??

Joe,

WOW! THANK YOU! Thank you for your quick reply and your solution. It worked perfectly.

I created a software simulation and wanted it to look "real." Now, it does, thanks to your help.

Thanks again!

Maureen

Hi Maureen

Try this...

Hi Tina, try the attached to see if that helps you.

Edit: I have deleted the old template and replaced with the updated template below.

This is really close to what I'm looking for, but I need the output to be a 2-digit month, 2-digit day, and 4-digit year with dashes instead of /.  For example: 03-06-2024.

You are amazing! thanks!!!!

Hi Greg,

You'll want to follow these steps to get the date to show up:

1) Create a Text Variable called todaysDate in Storyline to store the data.

2) Add a text box to the slide with %todaysDate% as the value. The percent signs indicate that this placeholder should be replaced with the actual value stored in the todaysDate variable. You can put that placeholder anywhere in a text box, it doesn't have to be by itself. So you could have a text box that says Today's date is %todaysDate% and it would fill in the placeholder with the Variable value. Note that capitalization is important here - if the Variable is called todaysDate then a placeholder like %todaysdate% won't work.

3) Create a trigger with "Execute JavaScript" as the action, then copy and paste Steve's Javascript code into the Javascript editor in Storyline. (The last line in Steve's code will set a different Variable called "month", so you don't really need it).

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);

Hey. Never used JS before, but just want to show today's date on a certificate slide. Do I create a text box with %todaysdate%? Then, how do I use the JS to make it work? Thanks.