Help with Jquery/ trying to make the date object work in javascript

[benjamin.morgan]

<script type="text/javascript">
var monthss = ['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December'];
var dayss= ['Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'];
var mydate=new Date();
var monthh=mydate.getMonth();
var dayy=mydate.getDay();
var dayyss=mydate.getDate();
if (dayyss<10) {
dayyss="0"+dayyss
}
var yearr=mydate.getFullYear();
var fulldate = " " + dayss[dayy] + ", " + monthss[monthh] +" "+ dayyss +", "+ yearr +" ";
(document).ready(function() {
$("span#footdate").append(fulldate);
});


</script>
<span id="footdate"></span>


that is my code. if I change the $("span#footdate").append(fulldate); to document.write(fulldate); it works. if i leave it with the Jquery way it doesn't work. please help because I am a noob.

 

[LouTheDesigner]

Hi there,

Have you ever used jQuery? jQuery UI is unbelievably easy to use and includes a date picker:

http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/

-Lou

 

[benjamin.morgan]

I don't need a date picker, I am trying to make the date appear on the page. I can only do it with the document.write method which I DO NOT WANNA USE!

 

[LouTheDesigner]

I don't need a date picker, I am trying to make the date appear on the page. I can only do it with the document.write method which I DO NOT WANNA USE!

If that's all you need to do, why not echo the Date() function in PHP?

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_date.asp

-Lou

 

[benjamin.morgan]

Oh , I have only been learning HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I figured it out though.