function showdate() {
    var today = new Date();
    var year  = y2k(today.getYear());
    var month = today.getMonth();
    var day   = today.getDate();
    var downum   = today.getDay();

    var dow = '';
    switch(downum)
	{
	case 0:   dow='Sunday'; break
	case 1:   dow='Monday'; break
        case 2:   dow='Tuesday'; break
	case 3:   dow='Wednesday'; break
        case 4:   dow='Thursday'; break
        case 5:   dow='Friday'; break
        case 6:   dow='Saturday';
	}

    var mon = '';
    switch(month)
        {
        case 0:   mon='January'; break
        case 1:   mon='February'; break
        case 2:   mon='March'; break
        case 3:   mon='April'; break
        case 4:   mon='May'; break
        case 5:   mon='June'; break
        case 6:   mon='July'; break
        case 7:   mon='August'; break
        case 8:   mon='September'; break
        case 9:   mon='October'; break
        case 10:   mon='November'; break
        case 11:   mon='December';
    }

    return dow+' '+mon+' '+day+', '+year;

}

function y2k(number) { return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number; }