function format_date() {
    var CalMonths = new Array(13);
	CalMonths[1] = "January";
	CalMonths[2] = "February";
	CalMonths[3] = "March";
	CalMonths[4] = "April";
	CalMonths[5] = "May";
	CalMonths[6] = "June";
	CalMonths[7] = "July";
	CalMonths[8] = "August";
	CalMonths[9] = "September";
	CalMonths[10] = "October";
	CalMonths[11] = "November";
	CalMonths[12] = "December";

    var time=new Date();
    var month=CalMonths[time.getMonth() + 1];
    var date=time.getDate();
    var year=time.getYear();
    var day=time.getDay();
    
    if((year > 0) && (year < 200)) year = 1900 + year;
    
    whatDate = new Date();
    var whatDay = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
    var whatMonth = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
    
    date_today = ( whatDay[time.getDay()]+", " +whatMonth[whatDate.getMonth()]+ " " + date + ", " + year);
    return date_today;
    }