function todate() 
{
  var today = new Date();
  var month = today.getMonth() + 1;
  var day = today.getDate();
  var year = today.getFullYear();
  var nday = today.getDay();
  if (nday == 0){ nday="Sun"; }
  else if (nday == 1){ nday = "Mon"; }
  else if (nday == 2){ nday = "Tue"; }
  else if (nday == 3){ nday = "Wed"; }
  else if (nday == 4){ nday = "Thu"; }
  else if (nday == 5){ nday = "Fri"; }
  else if (nday == 6){ nday = "Sat"; }
  if (month == 1){ month = "January"; }
  else if (month == 2){ month = "February"; }
  else if (month == 3){ month = "March"; }
  else if (month == 4){ month = "April"; }
  else if (month == 5){ month = "May"; }
  else if (month == 6){ month = "June"; }
  else if (month == 7){ month = "July"; }
  else if (month == 8){ month = "August"; }
  else if (month == 9){ month = "September"; }
  else if (month == 10){ month = "October"; }
  else if (month == 11){ month = "November"; }
  else if (month == 12){ month = "December"; }

  
  dispDate = " " + nday + ", " + month + " " + day + ", " + year;


    if (document.getElementById) {
      // Standards Compliant code fork...
	  document.getElementById("date_display").innerHTML = dispDate;
    }
    else if (document.all) {
      // IE 4/5 code fork...
      date_display.innerHTML = dispDate;  
    }
    else if (document.layers) {
      // Nav 4.x code fork...
      document.layers.date_display.document.write(dispDate);
      document.layers.date_display.document.close();
    }
    else {
      // other browsers
	  return;
    }
}