What the problem is???!!!

[bg703]

Here it is in a nutshell. I am working for an organization designing a site. The server administrator insists that I utilize their resident CGI hit counter which requires that you use SHTML. That's fine, but when I try to utilize the javascript document.lastModified event handler it returns a date of December 31, 1969 in Netscape. This does not happen in IE or if the page is not SHTML in Netscape. This is a Redhat Linux 8.0 server. So, I ask the question again, "What the problem is??!!

[twistedcranium]

This kind of sounds like a time function problem. *nix boxes have their clock 'birthdate' set to 1970 so this begins the unix epoch. I would interpret this to mean that they probably need to check their system clock.

I'll do a bit more digging as a machine at work is experiencing the same thing and we have just ignored it...until now! LOL

[Steven.Bentley]

You might find that generating the last modified date via SSI is more effective as you're already using shtml

<!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED"-->

[twistedcranium]

In the meantime, instead of using the javascript handler, why not try out the SSI equivalent of

<!--#flastmod file="index.shtml" -->

which would work just the same if the file is named *.shmtl

[twistedcranium]

check that out Steven, great minds eh? LOL

[twistedcranium]

fyi....

for the java issue...

http://www.spiderpro.com/bu/bujvsh003.html

[bg703]

To Steven.Bently & Twistedcranium

Thanks!!!!!! That solved the problem. The JavaScript page showed that the Unix date is the problem and the code <!--#echo var="LAST_MODIFIED"--> returns the correct date last modified. Where has this forum been all of my life? I have gotten lots of good answears since joining. Again, Thanks.

[Steven.Bentley]

Glad we could help