can't display date posted

Hi there!

i have this form that a user fills out ti post a message know the thing is
i dont have a field were a user enters a date but i have a hidden field e.g

<input type="hidden" name="date" value="<%request.write=now()%>">

i was hoping that the system date will appear automatically on my database but it does'nt .

and i also have this on my connection

strDate = Request.Form("dates")
MM_editQuery = "insert into details (dates, name, surname, email, subject, msg) "
MM_editQuery = MM_editQuery & "values ('"& strDates &"','"& strName &"','"& strSurname &"','"& strEmail &"','"& strSubject &"','"& strMsg &"')"

i dont know what is it that i am doing wrong
please can any one help

use MM_editQuery & "values ('"& strDate &"','"& strName &"','"& strSurname &"','"& strEmail &"','"& strSubject &"','"& strMsg &"')" instead

Thanks for replying but it's not working it's giving me this error!

Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A03EA)
Syntax error
/mngome/posts.asp, line 22, column 13