Create Custom YYMMDD Javascript Link

• You can place all of the code here within your “BODY” tags on the webpage to make it work.
• To test, simply copy and paste the below code into the w3schools TryIt page between the “BODY” tags.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

function getTodaysReading()
{

var d = new Date();
var year = d.getFullYear();
yearYY = year.toString();
var YY = yearYY.substr(2,4)

var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
month = ((month < 10) ? "0" : "") + month;
var MM = month;

var date = d.getDate();
date = ((date < 10) ? "0" : "") + date;
var DD = date;

document.write("<a href='http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/");
document.write(YY + MM + DD);
document.write(".shtml'>Today's Mass Readings</a>");
}
-->
</script>

<script>getTodaysReading();</script><br/>

• Note however, that the simple <A HREF=”javascript:myfunction()”>Click Here</A> like this would not work with Firefox! For some reason, Firefox can’t write JS within an HREF tag, the JS function must write the HREF.

• Other credits to:
  • Quirksmode - substr and other JS string functions
  • Washington.edu - date functions, simple prepend 0 to single digits