// The AJAX function...



function AJAX(){

try{

xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari

return xmlHttp;

}

catch (e){

try{

xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); // Internet Explorer

return xmlHttp;

}

catch (e){

try{

xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

return xmlHttp;

}

catch (e){

alert("Your browser does not support AJAX.");

return false;

}

}

}

}



// Timestamp for preventing IE caching the GET request (common function)



function fetch_unix_timestamp()

{

return parseInt(new Date().getTime().toString().substring(0, 10))

}





function date(){



// Customise those settings



var divid = "date";

var url = "date-in.php";



// Create xmlHttp



var xmlHttp_one = AJAX();



// No cache



var timestamp = fetch_unix_timestamp();

var nocacheurl = url+"?t="+timestamp;



// The code...



xmlHttp_one.onreadystatechange=function(){

if(xmlHttp_one.readyState==4){

document.getElementById(divid).innerHTML=xmlHttp_one.responseText;

setTimeout('date()',1*1000);

}

}

xmlHttp_one.open("GET",nocacheurl,true);

xmlHttp_one.send(null);

}



// Start the refreshing process



window.onload = function startrefresh(){

setTimeout('date()',1*1000);

}