Unable To Display The Last Visited Date

Following is the script that is meant to store the time,date the user last visited a webpage.But nothing happens when i run the HTML with the script. window.onload = init; functio

Solution 1:

window.onload = function () {
    var now         = new Date(),
        expires     = now,
        lastVisit   = document.cookie.match(/lastVisit=([^;]+)/),
        userName    = 'somebody';
    // 1. You should set month in standalone way
    expires.setMonth(now.getMonth() + 2);
    // 2. For each cookie you set value individually: for username in 1st line, and for lastVisit in 2nd
    document.cookie = "username=" + userName  + ";path=/;expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
    document.cookie = "lastVisit=" + now.toDateString() + ";path=/;expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
    // 3. You should test and extract your cookie value BEFORE you set it (see above with cookie match)
    // 4. You should test if it's not null also
    if (null != lastVisit) {
        // 5. You should use innerHTML property for set content
        document.getElementById("lastVisitedOn").innerHTML = lastVisit[1];
    }

    // 6. But in general you should RTFM more :)
    // 7. ps: And also use some standard frameworks for this -- not manual raw JS
}

Solution 2:

Well there are some problems in your code.

As others has mentioned before:

1. The function "toGMTString()" is deprecated.

   Use "toLocaleString()" or "toUTCString()" instead of "toGMTString()" (see also https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date#toGMTString)

2. You should use innerHTML and you had your index wrong.

3. You cannot use document.cookie that way. Not sure way.

   Example:

   var now = new Date();
   var last = new Date();
   var cookieText = "username=" + ";path=/;expires=" + now.setMonth(now.getMonth() + 2).toLocaleString() + ";lastVisit=" + last.toDateString();
   
   document.cookie = cookieText;
   var lastVisit = cookieText .split("=");
   document.getElementById("lastVisitedOn").innerHTML = lastVisit[4];