Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Local Time script

: Local Time script Author: Dynamic Drive Note: Updated Dec 6th, 05 to support ASP pages. Description: Want to display the current local time of a specific place in the world? This DHTML script, with the help of either PHP, ASP, or SSI (server side includes), displays the current server time your site is hosted on, and in turn, the local time of anywhere on Earth. You can use it to show visitors your current local time, or the time in New York, Tokyo etc. Now, in order to use this script, the webpage you're adding it to must be either PHP (ie: .php), ASP, or SSI (ie: .shtml) enabled. More on this below. As mentioned, this local time script uses the time of the server hosting your site as its reference point. To display the local time of Paris then, simply enter into the script the time differential between Paris and your server time (ie: +120 minutes), and Paris' Time is derived and shown. By using the server time instead of each visitor's computer clock as the reference point, this script is more reliable, since you only have to account for a single time being accurate in order for the script to be, and that is your server's time. Contrast that with a local time script that uses each visitor's PC clock for its calculations- if the visitor's time is incorrect, he/she will also get an incorrect local (ie: Paris) time. Finally, this script can be called multiple times on the same page to display simultaneously the local times of different places. Cool! Demo: Server Time: 9:53:51 PM (Thurs) Paris: 7:53:51 AM (Fri) New York: 1:53:51 AM (Fri) Tokyo: 3:53:51 PM (Fri) FOR MORE INFO Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Local Time script