   <!-- Hide the script
   
   var months=new Array(13);	// set up an array for string literal months
   months[1]="January";		// array starts at [1] rather than [0] for
   months[2]="February";		// familiar month numbering convention, could
   months[3]="March";		// just as easily be [0..11] but that is less clear
   months[4]="April";
   months[5]="May";
   months[6]="June";
   months[7]="July";
   months[8]="August";
   months[9]="September";
   months[10]="October";
   months[11]="November";
   months[12]="December";

   var today=new Date();				// store date in today

   var lmonth=months[today.getMonth() + 1];	// pull out month name
   var date=today.getDate();			// pull out numerical date
   var year=today.getFullYear();			// pull out numerical year
   var daynum = today.getDay() + 1;		// pull out day number

   if(daynum==1) day = "Sunday";			// match day name to day number
   if(daynum==2) day = "Monday";
   if(daynum==3) day = "Tuesday";
   if(daynum==4) day = "Wednesday";
   if(daynum==5) day = "Thursday";
   if(daynum==6) day = "Friday";
   if(daynum==7) day = "Saturday";

   // make entire date into one variable, allows easy adjustment of format

   // us format: var todaysdate= (day + ", " + date + " " + lmonth + " " + year);
   var todaysdate= (day + ", " + lmonth + " " + date + ", " + year);

   // write date to screen
   document.write(todaysdate);
   // end hiding-->