SSI tags are parsed server-side, not by the user's browser. This means that SSI must be set up on your server for them to work. You are unlikely to have SSI enabled if you do not have a CGI-BIN but if you do it is very likely that the server administrator will have enabled SSI.

To test whether SSI is set up on your server place the following code in an HTML page:

<!--#echo var="DATE_LOCAL"-->

Then try to run this page on the server. If SSI is enabled the current date and time on the server will be displayed. If this does not work try renaming the page extension to .shtml instead of .html or .htm. Many servers require this for SSI to work. If neither of these work, check the source code of your page. If the SSI tag is still there there is a problem. E-mail the system administrator and ask him if SSI is enabled.

If you do not have SSI on your server then you could try one of the free web hosts that support it like Virtual Avenue or Hypermart.