var currenttime = 'February 04, 2012 14:01:41'; 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); } -->