Hi there larainthewest,
and a warm welcome to these forums. :)
Do you want something like this...
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>simple time and date</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" />
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
body {
background-color:#006;
}
#clock {
width: 400px;
margin: 50px auto;
}
#clock input {
width:400px;
font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:16px;
color:#fff;
text-align:center;
background-color:#006;
border:solid 1px #006;
}
/*//]]>*/
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function setClock() {
var today=new Date();
var clock=today.toLocaleString();
document.forms[0][0].value ="Today is " + clock;
setTimeout("setClock()",1000);
}
onload= setClock;
//]]>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="#">
<div id="clock">
<input type="text"/>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>