var monthNames = new Array(12);
		monthNames[0] =	 "Jan.";
		monthNames[1] =  "Feb.";
		monthNames[2] =  "Mar.";
		monthNames[3] =  "Apr.";
		monthNames[4] =  "May";
		monthNames[5] =  "June";
		monthNames[6] =  "July";
		monthNames[7] =  "Aug.";
		monthNames[8] =  "Sept.";
		monthNames[9] =	 "Oct.";
		monthNames[10] = "Nov.";
		monthNames[11] = "Dec.";

var dayNames = new Array(7)
		dayNames[1] = "MONDAY";
		dayNames[2] = "TUESDAY";
		dayNames[3] = "WEDNESDAY";
		dayNames[4] = "THURSDAY";
		dayNames[5] = "FRIDAY";
		dayNames[6] = "SATURDAY";
		dayNames[7] = "SUNDAY";		

	//writes the month day and year
	function fetchDate()
		{
			var now = new Date();
			var month = now.getMonth();
			var day = now.getDay();
			var year = now.getFullYear();
			var date = now.getDate();
			theDay = dayNames[day];
			theDate = monthNames[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
			document.write('<td bgcolor=\"6699cc\" align=\"center\" width=\"170\"><font class=\"day\" face=\"Impact, verdana, helvetica\" size=\"3\" color=\"#ffffff\">' + theDay + '</font><br><font class=\"date\" face=\"verdana, helvetica\" size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\">' + theDate + '</font></td>')
			
		}