// 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("<b>" + daynames[day] + "<br />" + monthnames[month] + " " + date + ", 2006</b>")
     }