Enter Date and Time into a form

[Dan]

Hello, I need a good way to have my users enter the date and time
into a form. Could someone please give me some ideas here. What is
the preferrable method for doing this in an asp form page? Should I
use java script to pick the date and time? If so please tell me where
I could find this.

I am looking for a way to make this easy for the user. Thank you.

-Dan

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

This is really all just personal preference. Some people like to just put a
textbox and indicate the format:

________
Enter date: | | (MM/DD/YYYY)
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Some would rather have a "pick date" link that would pop up a small browser
window with a calendar.

Some people create dropdowns for month, day, and year.

So, it's really just your preference (or your users' preference as best as
you can predict).

Just be sure to validate the data server-side.

Ray at work