<!--

// read the date information into a set of variables
var now = new Date();

var date_date = now.getDate();
var date_month = now.getMonth();
var date_year = now.getFullYear();

var date_message= ""; // will store the text time and date
var date_extension;
var month_message;

// Work out the month message
switch (date_month) {
	case 0:
	{
		month_message = "January";
		break;
	}
	case 1:
	{
		month_message = "February";
		break;
	}
	case 2:
	{
		month_message = "March";
		break;
	}
	case 3:
	{
		month_message = "April";
		break;
	}
	case 4:
	{
		month_message = "May";
		break;
	}
	case 5:
	{
		month_message = "June";
		break;
	}
	case 6:
	{
		month_message = "July";
		break;
	}
	case 7:
	{
		month_message = "August";
		break;
	}
	case 8:
	{
		month_message = "September";
		break;
	}
	case 9:
	{
		month_message = "October";
		break;
	}
	case 10:
	{
		month_message = "November";
		break;
	}
	case 11:
	{
		month_message = "December";
		break;
	}
}
// Work out the date extension i.e. st nd th
if ((date_date == 11) || (date_date == 12) || (date_date == 13))
{
	date_extension = "th"; // odd ones out
}
else
{
	switch (date_date % 10){
		case 1:
		{
			date_extension = "st";
			break;
		}
		case 2:
		{
			date_extension = "nd";
			break;
		}
		case 3:
		{
			date_extension = "rd";
			break;
		}
		default:
		{
			date_extension = "th";
			break;
		}
	}
}

// build up the whole message

date_message =	date_date +
				date_extension + " " +
				month_message + " " +
				date_year;

//-->*/