formatting date

[phpmel]

Hi guys,

I wanted to find out how i can do this.
I have a textbox on a form. I want the user to enter the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
when the user types 4 digits i want a dash('-') to be inserted and then the user will type the other 2 digits and another dash would be inserted and then the next 2 digits can be typed.
How do i insert the dash?

Please help

[drhowarddrfine]

html/css cannot do this. Check on the javascript forum.

[phpmel]

formatting date

Hi guys,

I wanted to find out how i can do this.
I have a textbox on a form. I want the user to enter the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
when the user types 4 digits i want a dash('-') to be inserted and then the user will type the other 2 digits and another dash would be inserted and then the next 2 digits can be typed.
How do i insert the dash?

Please help

[acoder]

Keep checking the input on every key press.

Once the length is 4, add a dash: inputbox.value+ ="-".

[nirchuk]

You cant do that in HTML/CSS

You can do that in JavaScript