// array function
 
        function makeArray(len) 
        {       for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
                {       this[i] = null
                }
                this.length = len
        }


// array of day names

        var daynames = new makeArray(7)
        daynames[0] = "Sunday"
        daynames[1] = "Monday"
        daynames[2] = "Tuesday"
        daynames[3] = "Wednesday"
        daynames[4] = "Thursday"
        daynames[5] = "Friday"
        daynames[6] = "Saturday"
        

// array of month names

        var monthnames = new makeArray(12)
        monthnames[0] = "January"
        monthnames[1] = "February"
        monthnames[2] = "March"
        monthnames[3] = "April"
        monthnames[4] = "May"
        monthnames[5] = "June"
        monthnames[6] = "July"
        monthnames[7] = "August"
        monthnames[8] = "September"
        monthnames[9] = "October"
        monthnames[10] = "November"
        monthnames[11] = "December"


// define date variables

        var now   = new Date()
        var day   = now.getDay()
        var month = now.getMonth()
        var year = now.getFullYear()
        var date = now.getDate()
        var hour = now.getHours()
        var minutes = now.getMinutes()
        
// write date

        function writeDate()
        {       document.write("<FONT COLOR='black' FACE='Verdana,Arial'><b>" +      monthnames[month] + " " + date + ", " + year + "&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>")
        }