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John:

Even more unfortunate is the similarity in "Object" names in JS with
Java that often lead one down a merry path in JSP work.  "Oh, you mean
that really isn't a Date object?!"  :-)

-Rich

"John McGrath [TeamB]" wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 24 May 2001 09:40:31 -0500, hogar wrote:
> 
> > This should be simple but I am new to javascript
> 
> If you really mean JavaScript, then you are in the wrong place.  This
> newsgroup deals with the Java language, not JavaScript.  Those are two
> entirely different languages.  This similarity in names is unfortunate.
> 
> > All I want to do is get the current system time and
> > add 1 hour to it.
> >
> > now.setTime(now.getTime() + 1:00:00);
> >   return now;
> 
> The "time" value used by the java.util.Date class is a long value equal
> to the number of milliseconds since the start of the "epoch", which is
> January 1, 1970 at 0:00 UT.  So to add an hour, you would have to add
> 1000 * 60 * 60, or 3,600,000.
> 
> You can also use the java.util.Calendar class to manipulate date/time
> values.  It is hard to say which is more appropriate without knowing
> the details of your application, but I suspect that either approach
> will work for you.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> John McGrath [TeamB]
> 
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