Q825 Is it possible to write the document title to include the current day and time?

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Q825 Is it possible to write the document title to include the current day and time?

Yes:

<html>

<head>

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
document.write('<title>Date & Time: ' + (new Date()) + '</title>');
//--></script>

</head>

<body>

...

</body>

</html>

Paul Fazio writes:

In Internet Explorer 5.x (I haven't tried it in Internet Explorer 4.x yet) you can use:

document.title = "Your new title";

to place the date and time in the title bar, and even to create a real time clock in the title bar by updating the title every second.

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