Time Stamp

This is a basic function to produce a consistent length time stamp within a script. This produces a time stamp in the format of:

yyyy.mm.dd hh:mm:ss.mss

The function was built to be included in a log routine, so it is very bare bones.

function getTimeStamp () {

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//-- G E T T I M E S T A M P

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//-- Generic: Yes

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//-- Purpose: To create a time stamp string in the format of:

//-- yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss.mss

//-- 2009/06/13 01:23:45.678

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//-- Paremeters: none

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//-- Calls:

//-- PadWithZeros: Internal function to pad with zeros

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//-- Sample call:

//-- var ts = getTimeStamp() ;

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//-- Returns: A string of the current time as yyyy.mm.dd hh:mm:ss.mss

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//-- Written 2009.09.20 by Jon S. Winters

//-- eps@electronicpublishingsupport.com

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//-- Use the Date object to grab the time right now

var now = new Date() ;

//-- Construct the full string

return (now.getFullYear() ) + "." +

PadWithZeros( now.getMonth() + 1 , 2 ) + "." +

PadWithZeros( now.getDate() , 2 ) + " " +

PadWithZeros( now.getHours() , 2 ) + ":" +

PadWithZeros( now.getMinutes() , 2 ) + ":" +

PadWithZeros( now.getSeconds() , 2 ) + "." +

PadWithZeros( now.getMilliseconds() , 3 ) ;

//-- End of main body.

//-- Next is internal function

function PadWithZeros( value , digits ) {

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//-- P A D W I T H Z E R O S

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//-- Generic: Yes.

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//-- Purpose: To pad a number with zeros.

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//-- Parameters: 2

//-- value: the number to pad

//-- digits: How many total digits should the number become

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//-- Returns: A string version of the number padded to the number of

//-- digits specified. If the value is already that number of

//-- digits or longer, the value is returned.

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//-- Calls: Nothing

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//-- Written: 2009.09.20 by Jon S. Winters

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//-- Change the number into a string

var paddedString = String ( value ) ;

//-- Check the length of the string. And continue adding zeros to the

//-- front until the desired number of digits is reached.

while( digits > paddedString.length ) {

paddedString = '0' + paddedString ;

}

return paddedString ;

}

//-- end of internal function

}