Client form submit datetime, MVC application

Question

I have an MVC application with a number of forms. When the form is submitted it passed the users gps coordinates to the server. I also want to pass the clients current datetime. Does anyone have any ideas as to the best way to do this? The forms are standard html forms and use a basic submit. My form would look like the one below. So how would I best attach the javascript datetime value to the submit call? ``` @using (Ajax.BeginForm("CheckIn", "Home", "Nothing", new AjaxOptions { })) {

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} ```

Accepted Answer

You can use `JavaScript` and the `Date` function which is rendered on the clients machine.

```
var d = new Date();
```

Then you could pass the variable d to the server when you submit the co-ordinates.

From your edit:

In your `Checkin` method in the`Home controller`, you could specify:

```
public ActionResult Checkin(string hckLat, string hckLong, string hckDate) 
{
    var theDate = hckDate;
}
```

To set the value of `hckDate`, you could do:

On the submit button click:

```
<input type="button" name="theSubmitButton" id="theSubmitButton" value="Button"   onClick="setDate();">

function setDate() {
   var e = document.getElementById('hckDate');

e.value = new Date();
}
```

This would then be sent to the server.

Client form submit datetime, MVC application

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