Question

I am trying to do a http head request from the Javascript code to get the server time …Can I do this from javascript or do I need a server side language to achieve this

Answer 1

Assuming your server sends the Date header (which the RFC says it MUST), sure:

$.ajax('/', {
    type: 'HEAD',
    success: function(r,status,xhr) {
        alert(xhr.getResponseHeader('Date'));
    }
});