How to style a <select> dropdown with CSS only without JavaScript? Is there a CSS-only way to style a <select> dropdown? I need to style a <select> form as much as humanly possible, without any JavaScript. What are the properties I can use to do so in CSS? This code needs to be compatible with all major browsers: Internet Explorer 6,7 and 8 Firefox Safari I know I can make it with JavaScript: Example. And I'm not talking about simple styling. I want to know, what the best we

How do you create a JavaScript Date object with a set timezone without using a string representation I have a web page with three dropdowns for day, month and year. If I use the JavaScript Date constructor that takes numbers then I get a Date object for my current timezone: new Date(xiYear, xiMonth, xiDate) Give the correct date but it thinks that date is GMT+01:00 due to daylight savings time. The problem here is that I then give this Date to an Ajax

Determine a User's Timezone Is there any standard way for a Web Server to be able to determine a user's timezone within a web page? Perhaps from a HTTP header or part of the user-agent string? Answer: timezone.js: function ajaxpage() { var url = "timezone.php"; var visitortime = new Date(); var time = visitortime.getTimezoneOffset()/60; var page_request = false; if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { page_request = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { try { page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try{ page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");