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unique number generator

How do you create a javascript number generator using the year,month,day, hour, and minute set on my computer?

And if possible, how do i format this number to be 10 characters in length with the format of YYMMDDHHmm?

Y=year,M=month,D=day,H=hour,m=minute

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Pravin Asar

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Pravin Asar

Please take this

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript">
function make2digit(value) {
if (parseInt(value) < 10) { return ('0'+value); }
return (value);
}
function GenerateUnique() {
var dt = new Date();
var str = '';
str += (dt.getYear()-2000);
str += make2digit(dt.getMonth()+1);
str += make2digit(dt.getDay());
str += make2digit(dt.getHours());
str += make2digit(dt.getMinutes());
return str;
}
alert (GenerateUnique());
</script>
</body>
</html>

raj3060

slight modification to pravin's code:

str += make2digit(dt.getDate());

Pravin Asar

Thanks raj3060 for pointing that out. Although i had corrected before your post.

To display the number on page

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript">
function make2digit(value) {
if (parseInt(value) < 10) { return ('0'+value); }
return (value);
}
function GenerateUnique() {
var dt = new Date();
var str = '';
str += (dt.getYear()-2000);
str += make2digit(dt.getMonth()+1);
str += make2digit(dt.getDay());
str += make2digit(dt.getHours());
str += make2digit(dt.getMinutes());
return str;
}
alert (GenerateUnique());
document.form1.unqfld.value = GenerateUnique();
document.getElementById('unqdiv').innerHTML = GenerateUnique();
</script>
</body>
<form name="form1">
<input type="text" name="unqfld" readonly value="">
</form>
<div id="unqdiv">UNIQUE NUMBER GOES HERE</div>
</html>

Pravin Asar

lvandevender,

you could have closed this one before other one.

Anyway, close this one now.

Zvonko

How about this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Zvonko *</title>
<script>
function getUnique(theBtn){
var theForm = theBtn.form;
theForm.BPnr.value = (new Date()).getTime().toString().substr(3);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Generate" onClick="getUnique(this)">
<br>
<input type="text" name="BPnr" size="10" maxlength="10">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Zvonko

Or if the first digit should not be zero:

<html>
<head>
<title>Zvonko *</title>
<script>
function getUnique(theBtn){
var theForm = theBtn.form;
theForm.BPnr.value = "7"+(new Date()).getTime().toString().substr(4);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Generate" onClick="getUnique(this)">
<br>
<input type="text" name="BPnr" size="10" maxlength="10">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Pravin Asar

I saw

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21891575/unique-number-generator2.html

Guys stop stealing code.

Zvonko

Stealing? Does my code version has to do ANYTHING with yours?
Or do you want this pointz ;-)

Pravin Asar

Guys,

This is not about the points.

Visit the pages,

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21892486/number-generator-out-help.html

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21891575/unique-number-generator2.html

Asker seeks help based on the my post for this.

I have not problem with that.

For some reason , asker wants to close the Question, and get points refunded
that is okay by me.

_PA

Zvonko

And what from YOUR code you think is stolen by me?