// set element to year-month-day 24:minute:second function timestamp(element) { var date = new date(); var timestamp = date.getutcfullyear() + '-'; timestamp += (date.getutcmonth() + 1) + '-'; timestamp += date.getutcdate() + ' '; timestamp += date.getutchours() + ':'; timestamp += date.getutcminutes() + ':'; timestamp += date.getutcseconds(); // timestamp looks like "yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS" document.getelementbyid(element).value = timestamp; }