function getToday(){
	var dayname=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
	var mthname=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")

	// funny things going on with month nums, so try to test and see if user computer is
	// processing months from 0 or 1                                                    
	var incr   = 0;
	var d2     = new Date("January 1, 2005 01:01:01");
	var mthnum = d2.getMonth();
	if (mthnum = 0) incr=1;

	var d1     = new Date();
	var daym   = d1.getDate();
	var daynum = d1.getDay();
	var mthnum = d1.getMonth();
	mthnum    +=incr;
	var yr     = d1.getYear();
	if (yr < 1000) yr+=1900

return dayname[daynum]+", "+daym+" "+mthname[mthnum]+" "+yr;

}