Validate a time value input with string.indexOf method
<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> function check_it() { var thetext=document.myForm.the_time.value; if (thetext.indexOf(":") == -1) { window.alert("No colon(:)"); return false; } else { return true; } } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <FORM name="myForm" action="#" onSubmit="return check_it();"> Time:<INPUT type="text" name="the_time"> <INPUT type="submit" value="Submit"> </BODY> </HTML>