weekday_array = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
month_array = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December")
now = new Date
long_date = weekday_array[now.getDay()]+" "+month_array[now.getMonth()]+" "+now.getDate()+", "+now.getFullYear()
short_date = (now.getMonth()+1)+"/"+now.getDate()+"/"+now.getFullYear()