Static JavaScript Clock

Static JavaScript Clock

The code for this clock (as you see it on this page) is quite complex.

I'm indebted to Scaniawheelnuts of this parish who first introduced me to it - you can see the cursor-following variant on his website here. What I've done is to take out the dynamic movement of the clock - it doesn't follow the cursor any more.

Grab the code and place it in the <body> section of your HTML page - adjust the xmouse and ymouse parameters to suit the placement on the page that you want (xmouse is pixels across the page, ymouse is pixels down the page).

You can also change the colours of the lettering and the hands in the top section of the code - it's fairly obvious where.

Here's the code:

<script language=JavaScript> dCol='000000';//date colour. fCol='0000ff';//face colour. sCol='FF0000';//seconds colour. mCol='000000';//minutes colour. hCol='000000';//hours colour. ClockHeight=40; ClockWidth=40; ClockFromMouseY=0; ClockFromMouseX=100; //Alter nothing below! Alignments will be lost! d=new Array("SUNDAY","MONDAY","TUESDAY","WEDNESDAY","THURSDAY","FRIDAY","SATURDAY"); m=new Array("JANUARY","FEBRUARY","MARCH","APRIL","MAY","JUNE","JULY","AUGUST","SEPTEMBER","OCTOBER","NOVEMBER","DECEMBER"); date=new Date(); day=date.getDate(); year=date.getYear(); if (year < 2000) year=year+1900; TodaysDate=" "+d[date.getDay()]+" "+day+" "+m[date.getMonth()]+" "+year; D=TodaysDate.split(''); H='...'; H=H.split(''); M='....'; M=M.split(''); S='.....'; S=S.split(''); Face='1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12'; font='Arial'; size=1; speed=0.6; ns=(document.layers); ie=(document.all); Face=Face.split(' '); n=Face.length; a=size*10; ymouse=0; xmouse=0; scrll=0; props="<font face="+font+" size="+size+" color="+fCol+"><B>"; props2="<font face="+font+" size="+size+" color="+dCol+"><B>"; Split=360/n; Dsplit=360/D.length; HandHeight=ClockHeight/4.5 HandWidth=ClockWidth/4.5 HandY=-7; HandX=-2.5; scrll=0; step=0.06; currStep=0; y=new Array();x=new Array();Y=new Array();X=new Array(); for (i=0; i < n; i++){y[i]=0;x[i]=0;Y[i]=0;X[i]=0} Dy=new Array();Dx=new Array();DY=new Array();DX=new Array(); for (i=0; i < D.length; i++){Dy[i]=0;Dx[i]=0;DY[i]=0;DX[i]=0} if (ns){ for (i=0; i < D.length; i++) document.write('<layer name="nsDate'+i+'" top=0 left=0 height='+a+' width='+a+'><center>'+props2+D[i]+'</font></center></layer>'); for (i=0; i < n; i++) document.write('<layer name="nsFace'+i+'" top=0 left=0 height='+a+' width='+a+'><center>'+props+Face[i]+'</font></center></layer>'); for (i=0; i < S.length; i++) document.write('<layer name=nsSeconds'+i+' top=0 left=0 width=15 height=15><font face=Arial size=3 color='+sCol+'><center><b>'+S[i]+'</b></center></font></layer>'); for (i=0; i < M.length; i++) document.write('<layer name=nsMinutes'+i+' top=0 left=0 width=15 height=15><font face=Arial size=3 color='+mCol+'><center><b>'+M[i]+'</b></center></font></layer>'); for (i=0; i < H.length; i++) document.write('<layer name=nsHours'+i+' top=0 left=0 width=15 height=15><font face=Arial size=3 color='+hCol+'><center><b>'+H[i]+'</b></center></font></layer>'); } if (ie){ document.write('<div id="Od" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < D.length; i++) document.write('<div id="ieDate" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0;height:'+a+';width:'+a+';text-align:center">'+props2+D[i]+'</B></font></div>'); document.write('</div></div>'); document.write('<div id="Of" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < n; i++) document.write('<div id="ieFace" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0;height:'+a+';width:'+a+';text-align:center">'+props+Face[i]+'</B></font></div>'); document.write('</div></div>'); document.write('<div id="Oh" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < H.length; i++) document.write('<div id="ieHours" style="position:absolute;width:16px;height:16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;color:'+hCol+';text-align:center;font-weight:bold">'+H[i]+'</div>'); document.write('</div></div>'); document.write('<div id="Om" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < M.length; i++) document.write('<div id="ieMinutes" style="position:absolute;width:16px;height:16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;color:'+mCol+';text-align:center;font-weight:bold">'+M[i]+'</div>'); document.write('</div></div>') document.write('<div id="Os" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < S.length; i++) document.write('<div id="ieSeconds" style="position:absolute;width:16px;height:16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;color:'+sCol+';text-align:center;font-weight:bold">'+S[i]+'</div>'); document.write('</div></div>') } (ns)?window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE):0; function Mouse(evnt){ ymouse = 120; xmouse = 120; } (ns)?window.onMouseMove=Mouse:document.onmousemove=Mouse; function ClockAndAssign(){ time = new Date (); secs = time.getSeconds(); sec = -1.57 + Math.PI * secs/30; mins = time.getMinutes(); min = -1.57 + Math.PI * mins/30; hr = time.getHours(); hrs = -1.575 + Math.PI * hr/6+Math.PI*parseInt(time.getMinutes())/360; if (ie){ Od.style.top=window.document.body.scrollTop; Of.style.top=window.document.body.scrollTop; Oh.style.top=window.document.body.scrollTop; Om.style.top=window.document.body.scrollTop; Os.style.top=window.document.body.scrollTop; } for (i=0; i < n; i++){ var F=(ns)?document.layers['nsFace'+i]:ieFace[i].style; F.top=y[i] + ClockHeight*Math.sin(-1.0471 + i*Split*Math.PI/180)+scrll; F.left=x[i] + ClockWidth*Math.cos(-1.0471 + i*Split*Math.PI/180); } for (i=0; i < H.length; i++){ var HL=(ns)?document.layers['nsHours'+i]:ieHours[i].style; HL.top=y[i]+HandY+(i*HandHeight)*Math.sin(hrs)+scrll; HL.left=x[i]+HandX+(i*HandWidth)*Math.cos(hrs); } for (i=0; i < M.length; i++){ var ML=(ns)?document.layers['nsMinutes'+i]:ieMinutes[i].style; ML.top=y[i]+HandY+(i*HandHeight)*Math.sin(min)+scrll; ML.left=x[i]+HandX+(i*HandWidth)*Math.cos(min); } for (i=0; i < S.length; i++){ var SL=(ns)?document.layers['nsSeconds'+i]:ieSeconds[i].style; SL.top=y[i]+HandY+(i*HandHeight)*Math.sin(sec)+scrll; SL.left=x[i]+HandX+(i*HandWidth)*Math.cos(sec); } for (i=0; i < D.length; i++){ var DL=(ns)?document.layers['nsDate'+i]:ieDate[i].style; DL.top=Dy[i] + ClockHeight*1.5*Math.sin(currStep+i*Dsplit*Math.PI/180)+scrll; DL.left=Dx[i] + ClockWidth*1.5*Math.cos(currStep+i*Dsplit*Math.PI/180); } currStep-=step; } function Delay(){ scrll=(ns)?window.pageYOffset:0; Dy[0]=Math.round(DY[0]+=((ymouse)-DY[0])*speed); Dx[0]=Math.round(DX[0]+=((xmouse)-DX[0])*speed); for (i=1; i < D.length; i++){ Dy[i]=Math.round(DY[i]+=(Dy[i-1]-DY[i])*speed); Dx[i]=Math.round(DX[i]+=(Dx[i-1]-DX[i])*speed); } y[0]=Math.round(Y[0]+=((ymouse)-Y[0])*speed); x[0]=Math.round(X[0]+=((xmouse)-X[0])*speed); for (i=1; i < n; i++){ y[i]=Math.round(Y[i]+=(y[i-1]-Y[i])*speed); x[i]=Math.round(X[i]+=(x[i-1]-X[i])*speed); } ClockAndAssign(); setTimeout('Delay()',20); } if (ns||ie)window.onload=Delay; </script>

Have fun with it!

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