function getthedate()
{
//dates
var d=new Date()
var weekday=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
var monthname=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

var cdate=monthname[d.getMonth()]+" "+d.getDate()+", "+d.getFullYear()

if (document.all)
document.all.theDate.innerHTML=cdate
else if (document.getElementById)

document.getElementById("theDate").innerHTML=cdate

else
document.write(cdate)
}