Help with displaying php time/date function using javascript

I want to remove the meta date from being displayed by Google's search. I came across this code usually found in single.php

<?php the_time(‘M j, Y’);?>

Needs to be re-written as:

<script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascri开发者_运维知识库pt”> document.write(‘<?php the_time(‘j’) ?>’); </script> <?php the_time(‘M Y’) ?>

However my single.php uses this format

<?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?>

How can I use javascript for the above code?

<script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript”> document.write(‘<?php the_time(get_option("date_format")); ?>’);</script>

That will conceal the entire date, not just the day-of-the-month. (Is that what you want?)

Although one liner would work, code written up like this leads to code clutterage. You code should be read and easy to follow, like a book.

<?php 
// the date() object should be used for this, and the following would normally by 
// shoved in a function. 

$date['j'] = the_time('j',get_option('date_format'));
$date['M'] = the_time('M', get_option('date_format'));
$date['Y'] = the_time('Y', get_option('date_format'));
// Build the date string the way want it
$date['full'] = "Today, the " .  $date['j'] . "of " . $date['M'] . ", " . $date['Y'];
?>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">document.write('<?php echo date["full"]; ?>');</script>