// function to get today's date -- format: fullday, abrMonth DD|D, YYYY
function leeDate () {
	//  month w/abbreviations array
	var actualMonth = new Array("Jan.","Feb.","March","April","May","June","July","Aug.","Sept.","Oct.","Nov.","Dec.");
	// day-o-week array
	var actualDay = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
    var today = new Date();
    todayDay = today.getDay();
    todayDate = today.getDate();
    todayMonth= today.getMonth();
    todayYear = today.getFullYear();    
	document.writeln(actualDay[todayDay] + " " + actualMonth[todayMonth] + " " + todayDate + ", " +   todayYear );
} // end leeDate()