Q344 How can I place the date and time that a form was displayed into a hidden form field?

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Q344 How can I place the date and time that a form was displayed into a hidden form field?

Try this:

<FORM NAME="formname">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="hiddenname">
</FORM>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
var now = new Date();
document.formname.hiddenname.value = now;
//--></SCRIPT>