var currenttime = 'March 18, 2010 06:36:46'; var serverdate=new Date(currenttime); function padlength(what){ var output=(what.toString().length==1)? "0"+what : what; return output; } function displaytime(){ serverdate.setSeconds(serverdate.getSeconds()+1) var timestring=padlength(serverdate.getHours())+":"+padlength(serverdate.getMinutes())+":"+padlength(serverdate.getSeconds()); document.getElementById("servertime").innerHTML=timestring; } window.onload=function(){ setInterval("displaytime()", 1000); } -->