//declare variables in an array for day names and month names
var today_names = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var month_names = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
//store current day's date
var thisday = new Date()
//store day, date, month and year
var today_day = thisday.getDay()
var today_date = thisday.getDate()
var today_month = thisday.getMonth()
var today_year = thisday.getYear()

//year value check
var year = (today_year < 1000) ? today_year + 1900 : today_year;
//declare a null string
var dateStr = "";
//add day, month and year to the date string
dateStr += "<span class='sidetime'>";
dateStr += today_names[today_day]  + "<BR>"+ "</span>";
dateStr += "<span class='sidetime'>";
dateStr += month_names[today_month] + " " + today_date + " , " + year + "</span>";