Populate text field with current time upon signing

[darrenrichie]

Hi

I have used the following script from another thread to auto populate a text field with current date upon signing of a PDF form:

// JavaScript code to add the date at signing time

    var currentTime = new Date()

    var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1

    var day = currentTime.getDate()

    var year = currentTime.getFullYear()

    var signingTime = day +"/"+month+"/"+year  //Modify into your preferred format

    var f = this.getField("Text1");  //Modify the field name as necessary

    f.value = signingTime;

(Original thread Can Acrobat auto populate a date field upon digital signature of a form?‌ I didn't want to ask on there since the thread was so old.)

This is working fine but I also want to add the current time to the box. This is to validate when a document was signed before being submitted and will work on 3 different signatures.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

[adaptable_Eclipse15A8 · Accepted solution]

A timestamp will be included as part of each digital signature, so this is redundant, but you script can be much simpler:

getField("Text1").value = util.printd("dd/mm/yyyy HH:MM", new Date());

More information on the util.printd method and the format characters you can use is in the Acrobat JavaScript reference.

[Impressive_questioner5DE5]

Do you know the javascript code for the "fullname" instead?

I also try to get the full name of the signature field and display next to the signature & date fields but I don't know how.  Please help.

Thanks!

[Bernd Alheit]

Why want you the name of the signature field?

[Impressive_questioner5DE5]

our fillable form has a name field, it also use for wet signature so the signer can input his/her name there.

Do you know how to create javascript code to populate the full name when it singing?

Thank you in advance!

[Impressive_questioner5DE5]

I try the javascript code:

this.getField("Name").value = this.getField("Signature").value;

or

getField("Name").value = getField("Signature").value;

But they show: <<dict>> on the name field

What that mean?

Do you know what is the format or code for "Signature name"?

Thank you in advance!

[Bernd Alheit]

Look at SignatureInfo in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference.

[Impressive_questioner5DE5]

Thank you for your info.

I got it.

Thank you so much!

[Joshua29838709qlyr]

@adaptable_Eclipse15A8   could you assist with this? I'm in the military and, even though it's redundant, it's required that the date match the digital signature from a certificate. Your code appears to be at the time of printing and I need it to be at the time of signing. I'm a beginner at javascript so I'm sure I'm totally off base with that assumption. I also can't get it to work. Do I need it to be on blur, mouse up/down...etc?