ASP within javascript

[Targa]

How can I pull this ASP var into javascript?
What is wrong with this statement?

<%
todaysdate = (now)
response.write (todaysdate)
%>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var date = new Date();
var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>
document.write(aspdate);
//--></script>

[Evertjan.]

Targa wrote on 14 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

How can I pull this ASP var into javascript?
You mix up your terminology!

Javascript does not mean clientside, as ASP can also use j(ava)script.

ASP does not mean VBscript per se, see above,
[and VBscript can also be used clientside in IE]
What is wrong with this statement?

<%
todaysdate = (now)
response.write (todaysdate)
ASP vbs:

todaysdate = now
response.write todaysdate

ASP jscript:

todaysdate = new Date();
Response.write(todaysdate);

%>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
<script type="text/JavaScript">
var date = new Date();
not used
var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>
document.write(aspdate);
Is just a string, no javascript date, you write
//--></script>
</script>

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[Evertjan.]

Evertjan. wrote on 14 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>

todaysdate has spaces, so:

var aspdate = "<%=todaysdate %>"

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[Vincent van Beveren]

Not much, maybe you should add ; at the end of

var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>

though that shouldn't be the problem. Have you looked at the document
source to see if the value is really written to the document?
Besides that it looks fine to me.

Targa wrote:

How can I pull this ASP var into javascript?
What is wrong with this statement?

<%
todaysdate = (now)
response.write (todaysdate)
%>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var date = new Date();
var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>
document.write(aspdate);
//--></script>

[Evertjan.]

Vincent van Beveren wrote on 14 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

Not much, maybe you should add ; at the end of

var aspdate = <%=todaysdate %>

This does not work if todaysdate has whitespace between words.
var aspdate = "<%=todaysdate %>"
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