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This script displays the current day of the week, month and date with the appropriate suffix after the date. (ie: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th...)

This code goes in between the HEAD tags on your web page:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Beginning of JavaScript -
// Array function
function makeArray(len) {
    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) this[i] = null;
this.length = len;
}

// Array of day names
var dayNames = new makeArray(7);
dayNames[0] = "Sunday";
dayNames[1] = "Monday";
dayNames[2] = "Tuesday";
dayNames[3] = "Wednesday";
dayNames[4] = "Thursday";
dayNames[5] = "Friday";
dayNames[6] = "Satday";

// Array of month Names
var monthNames = new makeArray(12);
monthNames[0] = "Jan.";
monthNames[1] = "Feb.";
monthNames[2] = "Mar.";
monthNames[3] = "Apr.";
monthNames[4] = "May";
monthNames[5] = "Jun.";
monthNames[6] = "Jul.";
monthNames[7] = "Aug.";
monthNames[8] = "Sept.";
monthNames[9] = "Oct.";
monthNames[10] = "Nov.";
monthNames[11] = "Dec.";

var now = new Date();
var day = now.getDay();
var month = now.getMonth();
var year = now.getYear();
var date = now.getDate();

//Function to put appropriate suffix on date
function nths(day) {
      if (day == 1 || day == 21 || day == 31)
           return 'st';
      else
           if (day == 2 || day == 22)
                return 'nd';
                if (day == 3 || day == 23)
                     return 'rd';
                else return 'th';
 }

// - End of JavaScript - -->
</SCRIPT>

This code goes in the BODY of your web page where you want the date to be displayed: