// displays the date wherever the displauDate() function is called.
                                function initArray() {
                                 for(i=0;i<initArray.arguments.length; i++)
                                  this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
                                }
                                var isnMonths=new   initArray("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
                                var isnDays= new initArray("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday");
                                today=new Date();
                                hrs=today.getHours();
                                min=today.getMinutes();
                                sec=today.getSeconds();
                                clckh=""+((hrs>12)?hrs-12:hrs); 
                                clckm=((min<10)?"0":"")+min;
                                clcks=((sec<10)?"0":"")+sec;
                                clck=(hrs>=12)?"p.m.":"a.m.";
                                var stnr="";
                                var ns="0123456789";
                                var a="";
               // fixes a Netscape 2 and 3 bug
                                function getFullYear(d) { // d is a date object
                                 yr = d.getYear();
                                 if (yr < 1000)
                                  yr+=1900;
                                 return yr;
                                }

function displayDate(){
document.write("<span> "+isnDays[today.getDay()] +", "+isnMonths[today.getMonth()]+" "+today.getDate()+", " +getFullYear(today)+"</span>");
}