// First grab some date-time variables from the Date() constructor







DTnow = new Date();            // create new date object 'DTnow'   



Year  = DTnow.getYear();       // years since 1900 (maybe! - see below)



Month = DTnow.getMonth();      // month-of-year field (0-11)



DayN  = DTnow.getDay();        // day-of-week field (0-6)



DayM  = DTnow.getDate();       // day-of-month field (1-31)



Hour  = DTnow.getHours();      // hours field (0-23)



Mins  = DTnow.getMinutes();    // minutes field (0-59)



Secs  = DTnow.getSeconds();    // seconds field (0-59)







// Tidy up, zero-pad, etc, some of the variables







if (Year < 1000){              // workaround for incompatible year



   Year = Year + 1900;         // return values in some browsers where



}                              // getYear() returns the year *itself*







if (Hour >= 12){



   AmPm = "pm"; 



}  else {



   AmPm = "am"; 



}



if (Hour > 12) {



   Hour = Hour -12; 



}



if (Hour == 0) { 



   Hour = 12; 



}



if (Hour < 10 ) { 



   Hour = "0" + Hour; 



}



if (Mins < 10 ) { 



   Mins = "0" + Mins; 



}



if (Secs < 10) {



   Secs = "0" + Secs; 



}







/* Fill and pick from Name-of-Day-of-Week array (DayN=0-6)



   viz: DoW[0]="Sunday", DoW[3]="Wednesday", etc  */







var DoW = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday",



"Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");







// DayName = DoW[DayN];               // eg: Monday   <<< 



                                      // comment *1* of these



DayName = DoW[DayN].substring(0,3);   // eg: Mon      <<<







/* Fill and pick from Name-of-Month array (Month=0-11)



   viz: Mths[0]="January", Mths[11]="December", etc  */







var Mths = new Array("January","February","March",



"April","May","June","July","August","September",



"October","November","December");







// MthName = Mths[Month];             // eg: February <<< 



                                      // comment *1* of these



MthName = Mths[Month].substring(0,3); // eg: Feb      <<< 







/* Next section is for alternative numeric DD.MM.YY format



   (eg: 12.02.01)  */







DD = DayM;



if (DD < 10) {



   DD = "0" + DD;                     // in case DD.mm.yy wanted



}



MM = Month + 1;



if (MM < 10) {



   MM = "0" + MM;                     // in case dd.MM.yy wanted



}



YY = Year.toString().substr(2,2);     // in case dd.mm.YY wanted







/* Assemble Date-Time-Stamp variable (DTstamp) by successively 



   concatenating on the various components.  Comment (or edit) 



   out any you don't want (eg: for date only, time only, short



   forms of Day, Month, numeric only, etc  */ 







DTstamp = DayM;       // eg: 12



DTstamp = DTstamp + "." + MthName;    // eg: Feb/February



DTstamp = DTstamp + "." + Year;       // eg: 2001,






// Print it!







document.write(DTstamp);







//document.write(DD+"."+MM+"."+YY);   // eg: 12.02.01 format







// End