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How to get current date in jQuery?

I want to know how to use the Date() function in jQuery to get the current date in a `yyyy/mm/dd` format.

3 Apr at 08:39

How to calculate number of days between two given dates

If I have two dates (ex. `'8/18/2008'` and `'9/26/2008'`), what is the best way to get the number of days between these two dates?

12 Oct at 18:17

Using wget to recursively fetch a directory with arbitrary files in it

I have a web directory where I store some config files. I'd like to use wget to pull those files down and maintain their current structure. For instance, the remote directory looks like: ``` http://m...

7 Nov at 22:22

Maven build Compilation error : Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project Maven

I have a maven project forked and cloned from a git repo onto my eclipse. It is build on Java 8. The first thing i do is perform a ``` mvn clean install ``` But I get following failure message:...

error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

I tried to install the Python package [dulwich](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dulwich): ``` pip install dulwich ``` But I get a cryptic error message: ``` error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat ``` ...

When do you use Java's @Override annotation and why?

What are the best practices for using Java's `@Override` annotation and why? It seems like it would be overkill to mark every single overridden method with the `@Override` annotation. Are there ...

9 Nov at 00:12

HTML form readonly SELECT tag/input

According to HTML specs, the `select` tag in HTML doesn't have a `readonly` attribute, only a `disabled` attribute. So if you want to keep the user from changing the dropdown, you have to use `disable...

24 Jan at 14:12

How to embed an autoplaying YouTube video in an iframe?

I am trying to embed the new iframe version of a YouTube video and get it to auto play. As far as I can tell, there is no way of doing this by amending flags to the URL. Is there a way to do it by u...

Stretch and scale CSS background

Is there a way to get a background in CSS to stretch or scale to fill its container?

30 Sep at 15:8

Docker can't connect to docker daemon

After I update my Docker version to `0.8.0`, I get an error message while entering `sudo docker version`: ``` Client version: 0.8.0 Go version (client): go1.2 Git commit (client): cc3a8c8 2014/02/19 ...

11 Mar at 16:38

How do I resolve "HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error" on IIS7.0

What causes this error, how can I fix it? > Detailed Error Information Module IIS Web Core Notification BeginRequest Handler Not yet determined Error Code 0x8007052e Config Error Can not lo...

15 Apr at 15:59

How to create a GUID/UUID in Python

How do I create a GUID/UUID in Python that is platform independent? I hear there is a method using ActivePython on Windows but it's Windows only because it uses COM. Is there a method using plain Pyth...

6 Aug at 10:15

Put icon inside input element in a form

How do I put an icon inside a form's input element? ![Screenshot of a web form with three inputs which have icons in them](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V0Tjp.png) Live version at: [Tidal Force theme](h...

23 Jun at 07:52

Extracting specific selected columns to new DataFrame as a copy

I have a pandas DataFrame with 4 columns and I want to create a DataFrame that has three of the columns. This question is similar to: [Extracting specific columns from a data frame](https://stackov...

31 Oct at 21:37

Nested select statement in SQL Server

Why doesn't the following work? ``` SELECT name FROM (SELECT name FROM agentinformation) ``` I guess my understanding of SQL is wrong, because I would have thought this would return the same thing ...

Where is the global git config data stored?

When using `git config --global` to set things up, to which file will it write? Example: ``` git config --global core.editor "blah" ``` I can't find it at these places: ``` C:\Program Files\Git\e...

16 Aug at 09:39

Converting double to string

I am not sure it is me or what but I am having a problem converting a double to string. here is my code: ``` double total = 44; String total2 = Double.toString(total); ``` Am i doing something wro...

28 Jul at 15:43

How to convert SQL Server's timestamp column to datetime format

As SQL Server returns timestamp like `'Nov 14 2011 03:12:12:947PM'`, is there some easy way to convert string to date format like 'Y-m-d H:i:s'. So far I use ``` date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('Nov 1...

18 Mar at 11:34

SQL Server - inner join when updating

I have the below query which does not work. What am I doing wrong? Is this even possible? ``` UPDATE ProductReviews AS R INNER JOIN products AS P ON R.pid = P.id SET R.status = '0' WHER...

6 Mar at 17:11

How to pass "Null" (a real surname!) to a SOAP web service in ActionScript 3

We have an employee whose surname is Null. Our employee lookup application is killed when that last name is used as the search term (which happens to be quite often now). The error received (thanks Fi...

Best way to reverse a string

I've just had to write a string reverse function in C# 2.0 (i.e. LINQ not available) and came up with this: ``` public string Reverse(string text) { char[] cArray = text.ToCharArray(); string...

3 Mar at 22:18

How can I make one python file run another?

How can I make one python file to run another? For example I have two . I want one file to be run, and then have it run the other .

4 Nov at 23:48

What is your most productive shortcut with Vim?

I've heard a lot about [Vim](http://www.vim.org/), both pros and cons. It really seems you should be (as a developer) faster with Vim than with any other editor. I'm using Vim to do some basic stuff a...

16 Aug at 10:58

How to use multiprocessing pool.map with multiple arguments

In the Python [multiprocessing](https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html) library, is there a variant of `pool.map` which supports multiple arguments? ``` import multiprocessing text = ...

How do you format an unsigned long long int using printf?

``` #include <stdio.h> int main() { unsigned long long int num = 285212672; //FYI: fits in 29 bits int normalInt = 5; printf("My number is %d bytes wide and its value is %ul. A normal numb...