// formats the system date to dd-mmm-yyyy
function formatMedDate(separator) {
	var d=new Date()
	if(separator==null) { separator = "-" }
	var monthname=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
	return (d.getDate() + separator + monthname[d.getMonth()] + separator + d.getFullYear())
}

// formats the system date dd/mm/yyyy
function formatShortDate(separator) {
	var d = new Date()
	if(separator==null) { separator = "/" }
	return (d.getDate() + separator + (d.getMonth()+1) + separator + d.getFullYear())
}

// formats the system date FullDay, Month dd, yyyy
function getLongDate() {
	var d=new Date()
	var weekday=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
	var monthname=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
	return (weekday[d.getDay()] + ", " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + d.getDate() + ", " + d.getFullYear())
}

function formatTime1(separator) {
	var d = new Date()
	if(separator==null) { separator = ":" }
	return (d.getHours() + separator + d.getMinutes() + separator + d.getSeconds())
}

function fullDateTime(_year) {
	var d = new Date()
	if(_year==null) {
		_year = d.getFullYear()
	} else {
		d.setFullYear(_year)
	}
	return (d)
}

/*  The getUTCDate method returns the Universal Coordinated Time which is the time set by the
    World Time Standard.
*/

function UTC_Time(separator) {
	var d = new Date()
	if(separator==null) { separator = ":" }
	return (d.getUTCHours() + d.getUTCMinutes() + d.getUTCSeconds())
}

function getWeekdayName() {
	var d=new Date()
	var weekday=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
	return ("Today is " + weekday[d.getDay()])
}

/*
How to display the time on your pages. 
Note that this script is similar to the Time example above,
only this script writes the time in an input field.
And it continues writing the time one time per second.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var timer = null

function stop()
{
clearTimeout(timer)
}

function start()
{
var time = new Date()
var hours = time.getHours()
var minutes = time.getMinutes()
minutes=((minutes < 10) ? "0" : "") + minutes
var seconds = time.getSeconds()
seconds=((seconds < 10) ? "0" : "") + seconds
var clock = hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds
document.forms[0].display.value = clock
timer = setTimeout("start()",1000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="start()" onunload="stop()">
<form>
<input type="text" name="display" size="20">
</form>
</body>
</html>
*/