today = new Date;
day = today.getDay();
month = today.getMonth();
date = today.getDate();
year = today.getYear();

//set names to the month and day of the week
dayName = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
monName = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");

//make sure year appears as 4 digit year
calendar = today.getYear()
if (calendar < 1900) {
	calendar=calendar+1900
	}

//format dates for daily page and banners
bannerday = dayName[day] + ", " + monName[month] + " " + date;
dailyday = monName[month] + " " + date + ", " + calendar;
datenoyear = monName[month] + " " + date;