time will not update

[chiprivers]

I have the following script to create a form on a project I am working on:

[code]

<?
require 'connect.php';

if (isset($_POST['incident_number'])) {
$hour = substr($_POST['incident_time'],0,2);
$min = substr($_POST['incident_time'],2,2);
$init = mktime($hour,$min,0,$_POST['date_month'],$_POST['date_day'],$_POST['date_year']);
$qry = "INSERT INTO incidents (reference,title,init,status) VALUES (".$_POST['incident_number'].",\"".$_POST['incident_desc']."\",".$init.",1)";
$create = mysql_query($qry);
}
?>
<link href="style/new_incident.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<div id="new_incident">
<h1>New Incident</h1>
<h2>Enter details below and click '<span class="link">Continue</span>' to create a new relief plan</h2>
<form id="new_incident_form" name="new_incident_form" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><label for="incident_number">Incident Number:</label></td>
<td><input id="incident_number" name="incident_number" type="text"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<label for="start_date">Date and Time of Call:</label>
</td>
<td>
<select id="date_day" name="date_day">
<?php
for ($d=1; $d<=31; $d++) {
echo "<option ";
if ($d == date("d")) {
echo "selected ";
}
echo "value=\"$d\">$d</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
<select id="date_month" name="date_month">
<?php
for ($m=1; $m<=12; $m++) {
echo "<option ";
if ($m == date("m")) {
echo "selected ";
}
$M = date("M",mktime(0,0,0,$m));
echo "value=\"$m\">$M</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
<select id="date_year" name="date_year">
<?php
for ($y=date("Y"); $y>=(date("Y")-1); $y--) {
echo "<option ";
if ($y == date("Y")) {
echo "selected ";
}
echo "value=\"$y\">$y</option>\n";
}
?>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input id="incident_time" name="incident_time" type="text" value="<?php echo date("Hm", time()); ?>">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<label for="incident_desc">Incident Description:</label>
</td>
<td colspan="2">
<input id="incident_desc" name="incident_desc" type="text">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><span class="submit_link" onClick="document.new_incident_form.submit()">Continue</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

</div>

[/code]

The problem is the time is not updating! It just keeps showing the same time? Is this a problem with my script is there a problem with my server/bowser?

[redbullmarky]

from what i can see, you're actually telling it to show the CURRENT date, when you're using:

if ($d = date("d))
if ($d = date("m"))
etc

my guess is that you need to use [url=http://www.php.net/date]date[/url]'s second parameter (a timestamp). not setting the second parameter will make 'date' default to the current time.

what time SHOULD it show?

[chiprivers]

It is supposed to show the current time, ie the current time will default into the input box at the time the page loads. 

But for some reason, the time that is defaulting into the box is remaining at the time that it was when I first loaded up the script, when ever I refresh the page it should change to the current time, but it is not!

[Guest rancid-tea]

It is showing the date in the date boxes, and then it is showing the month and day instead of the time. You need to change 'd' and 'm' to reflect the hour and minutes in the format you want.

Check out [url=http://us3.php.net/date]http://us3.php.net/date[/url] for the format you want.

[Guest rancid-tea]

Oops, won't let me modify. You should actually delete the time() call in that last date() call:

[code]<input id="incident_time" name="incident_time" type="text" value="<?php echo date("Hm"); ?>">[/code]

I tested it and now it displays the correct time.