function theDate() {
	var today = new Date();
	var date = today.getDate();
	var day = today.getDay();
	var month = today.getMonth();
	months = new Array();
		months[0]="Jan";
		months[1]="Feb";
		months[2]="Mar";
		months[3]="Apr";
		months[4]="May";
		months[5]="June";
		months[6]="July";
		months[7]="Aug";
		months[8]="Sept";
		months[9]="Oct";
		months[10]="Nov";
		months[11]="Dec";

	days = new Array(7);
		days[0]="Sunday";
		days[1]="Monday";
		days[2]="Tuesday";
		days[3]="Wednesday";
		days[4]="Thursday";
		days[5]="Friday";
		days[6]="Saturday";

	var thisday = days[day];
	var thismonth = months[month];
	var thisyear = today.getFullYear();
	
	document.write (thismonth + ' ' + date + ', ' + thisyear);
}