Q: Unique ID that gets a date in specific format? I have code that will generate a random unique id.. but is there a way I can edit this code so that it grabs a date in a specific way like yyyy-mm-dd-0001. the last 4 digits I want it to add 1 each time the generateid button is clicked. so it will change to 0002. Here is the current code I have. Is there a function that can grab the date automatically?
  var counter = 0000;
    function Counter() {
if((document.getElementById("generateid").clicked == true)
{
Counter++
return counter;
}
    }




    function Month() {
        var m = new Date();
        var mm = m.getMonth() + 1;
        if (mm < 10) {
            mm = '0' + mm;
            return mm;
        } 


    }
    function Year() {
        var y = new Date();
        var yy = y.getFullYear();
        return yy;
    }
    function Day() {
        var d = new Date();
        var dd = d.getDate();
        return dd;
    }
//generate id
    function guidGenerator() {
        var theID = (Year() + "-" + Month() + "-" + Day() + "-" + Counter);
        return theID;
    }

    function generateID() {

        var TheTextBox = document.getElementById("generateidtxt");
        TheTextBox.value = TheTextBox.value + guidGenerator();
        document.getElementById("generateid").disabled = true;

    }


A: You can use the following object:
var idGenerator  = {
    seq: 0,
    generateId: function () {
       this.seq++;
       return (new Date()).toISOString().substring(0, 10) + '-' + ('000' + this.seq).substr(-4)
    }
}

after declaration like this, try 
function generateID() {
   var TheTextBox = document.getElementById("generateidtxt");
   TheTextBox.value = TheTextBox.value + idGenerator.generateId();
   document.getElementById("generateid").disabled=true;    
}


A: If you are asking for a way to keep track of how many times an ID is generated by all your site visitors using javascript alone then, no it is not possible without tying in some back end to keep track.  However, the following code will do what you ask per visitor.
jsfiddle
var ttlIds = 0;

function guidGenerator() {
    var S4 = function () {
        return (((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000) | 0).toString(16).substring(1);
    }
    return (S4() + S4() + S4());

}

function generateID() {

    var TheTextBox = document.getElementById("generateidtxt");
    TheTextBox.value = TheTextBox.value + guidGenerator().toString().toUpperCase();
    //document.getElementById("generateid").disabled=true; 

    ttlIds++;
    if(ttlIds < 10){
        ttlIds_formatted = '000'+ttlIds;
    }else if(ttlIds < 100){
        ttlIds_formatted = '00'+ttlIds;
    }else if(ttlIds < 1000){
        ttlIds_formatted = '0'+ttlIds;    
    }
    d = new Date();
    var funkydate = d.getFullYear() +'-' + (d.getMonth()+1) + '-' + d.getDate() + '-' + ttlIds_formatted;
    document.getElementById("funkydate").value = funkydate;

}

