/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Status Bar Clock</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
var flasher = false
// calculate current time, determine flasher state,
// and insert time into status bar every second
function updateTime() {
var now = new Date()
var theHour = now.getHours()
var theMin = now.getMinutes()
var theTime = "" + ((theHour > 12) ? theHour - 12 : theHour)
theTime += ((theMin < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + theMin
theTime += (theHour >= 12) ? " pm" : " am"
theTime += ((flasher) ? " " : "*")
flasher = !flasher
window.status = theTime
// recursively call this function every second to keep timer going
timerID = setTimeout("updateTime()",1000)
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY onLoad="updateTime()">
</BODY>
</HTML>
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