function todaysDate( style )
{      
  // Style = 12; //pick a style from below

  /*------------------------------
  Style 1: March 17, 2000
  Style 2: Mar 17, 2000
  Style 3: Saturday March 17, 2000
  Style 4: Sat Mar 17, 2000
  Style 5: Sat March 17, 2000
  Style 6: 17 March 2000
  Style 7: 17 Mar 2000
  Style 8: 17 Mar 00
  Style 9: 3/17/00
  Style 10: 3-17-00
  Style 11: Saturday March 17
  Style 12: Saturday, 17 March, 2000
  Style 13: August_5
  --------------------------------*/

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

  months2 = new Array();
  months2[1] = "Jan"; months2[7] = "Jul";
  months2[2] = "Feb"; months2[8] = "Aug";
  months2[3] = "Mar"; months2[9] = "Sep";
  months2[4] = "Apr"; months2[10] = "Oct";
  months2[5] = "May"; months2[11] = "Nov";
  months2[6] = "Jun"; months2[12] = "Dec";

  days = new Array();
  days[1] = "Sunday";    days[5] = "Thursday";
  days[2] = "Monday";    days[6] = "Friday";
  days[3] = "Tuesday";   days[7] = "Saturday";
  days[4] = "Wednesday";

  days2 = new Array();
  days2[1] = "Sun"; days2[5] = "Thu";
  days2[2] = "Mon"; days2[6] = "Fri";
  days2[3] = "Tue"; days2[7] = "Sat";
  days2[4] = "Wed";

  todaysdate = new Date();
  date  = todaysdate.getDate();
  day  = todaysdate.getDay() + 1;
  month = todaysdate.getMonth() + 1;
  yy = todaysdate.getYear();
  year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;
  year2 = 2000 - year; year2 = (year2 < 10) ? "0" + year2 : year2;

  dateline = new Array();
  dateline[1] = months[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
  dateline[2] = months2[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
  dateline[3] = days[day] + " " + months[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
  dateline[4] = days2[day] + " " + months2[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
  dateline[5] = days2[day] + " " + months[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
  dateline[6] = date + " " + months[month] + " " + year;
  dateline[7] = date + " " + months2[month] + " " + year;
  dateline[8] = date + " " + months2[month] + " " + year2;
  dateline[9] = month + "/" + date + "/" + year2;
  dateline[10] = month + "-" + date + "-" + year2;
  dateline[11] = days[day] + " " + months[month] + " " + date;
  dateline[12] = days[day] + ", " + date + " " + months[month] + " " + ", " + year;;
  dateline[13] = months[month] + '_' + date;

  return dateline[style];
}

function mailto( email, emailHost, contact ) 
{
  return "<a href=" + "mail" + "to:" + email + "&#64;" + emailHost+ ">" + contact + "</a>"
}

function todays_wikipedia()
{
  document.write( '<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/' + todaysDate( 13 ) + '">' + todaysDate( 12 ) + '</a>'  );
}