var this_weekday_name_array = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")	//predefine weekday names
var this_month_name_array = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")	//predefine month names

var this_date_timestamp=new Date()	//get current day-time stamp

var this_weekday = this_date_timestamp.getDay()	//extract weekday
var this_date = this_date_timestamp.getDate()	//extract day of month

var sup = "";
if (this_date == 1 || this_date == 21 || this_date ==31)
   {
   sup = "st";
   }
else if (this_date == 2 || this_date == 22)
   {
   sup = "nd";
   }
else if (this_date == 3 || this_date == 23)
   {
   sup = "rd";
   }
else
   {
   sup = "th";
   }

var this_month = this_date_timestamp.getMonth()	//extract month
var this_year = this_date_timestamp.getYear()	//extract year

if (this_year < 1000)
	this_year+= 1900;	//fix Y2K problem
if (this_year==101)
	this_year=2001;		//fix Netscape browsers - it displays the year as being the year 101!
	

var this_date_string = this_weekday_name_array[this_weekday] + ", " + this_date + sup + " " + this_month_name_array[this_month] + ", " + this_year	//concat long date string