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Display the current time
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>What's the time, please?</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
window.onload = function() {
var body_tag = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var timer_div = document.getElementById("timer");
function getRandomColor() {
var hex = '0123456789ABCDEF';
var color = '#';
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
color += hex[Math.floor(Math.random() * 16)];
}
return color;
}
/* Give a new color just once (F5 to change) */
// body_tag.style.backgroundColor = getRandomColor();
function tickTime() {
var time = new Date();
timer_div.innerHTML = time.toTimeString().split(" ")[0];
/* Random color each second */
body_tag.style.backgroundColor = getRandomColor();
};
setInterval(tickTime, 1000);
tickTime();
};
</script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body {
background: #ee2244;
text-align: center;
position: relative;
}
#timer {
color: white;
font-size: 25vw;
margin: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="timer"></div>
</body>
</html>
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