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document.layers
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Example
Experiment with the document.lastModified property with Listing 18-6. But
also be prepared for inaccurate readings if the file is located on some servers or
local hard disks.
Listing 18-6: document.lastModified Property in Another
Format
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update = new Date(document.lastModified)
theMonth = update.getMonth() + 1
theDate = update.getDate()
theYear = update.getFullYear()
document.writeln(“Last updated:” + theMonth + “/” + theDate + “/” + theYear +
“”)
As noted at great length in the Date object discussion in Chapter 36 of the
JavaScript Bible, you should be aware that date formats vary greatly from country
to country. Some of these formats use a different order for date elements. When you
hard-code a date format, it may take a form that is unfamiliar to other users of your
page.
layers
Compatibility ✓
NN2 NN3 NN4 NN6 IE3/J1 IE3/J2 IE4 IE5 IE5.5
Example
Listing 18-7 demonstrates only for NN4 how to use the document.layers property
to crawl through the entire set of nested layers in a document. Using reflexive
calls to the crawlLayers() function, the script builds an indented list of layers in