function writeDate()
{
   var d            = new Date();
   var nYear        = d.getYear();

//  These could be expanded to short and long form, but it's not necessary at the moment.   
   var sWeekday     = new Array("Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Error");
   var sMonth       = new Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec", "Error");

//  Likely Netscape..
   if (nYear < 1900)
   {
      nYear = nYear + 1900;
   }

//  Output date in Wdy Mon d, ccyy form
	document.writeln(sWeekday[d.getDay()] + '&nbsp;' +
	 sMonth[d.getMonth()] + '.&nbsp;' +
	 d.getDate() + ",&nbsp;" +
	 nYear);
}