// displays current day
  function day() {
    // Array of day names
    var dayNames = new Array("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat");
    var now = new Date();
    document.write(dayNames[now.getDay()]);
  }

  // displays current date
  function today() {
    // Array of month names
    var monthNames = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun",
                               "Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");
    var now = new Date();
    var day = now.getDate();
    var year = now.getYear();
    if (year < 1900) {
      year += 1900;
    }
    document.write(day + "&nbsp;" + monthNames[now.getMonth()] + "&nbsp;" + year + "&nbsp;");
  }