// BEGIN TODAYS DATE  =================================
function getTodaysDate()
{
   var months = new Array();
   months[0]  = "January";
   months[1]  = "February";
   months[2]  = "March";
   months[3]  = "April";
   months[4]  = "May";
   months[5]  = "June";
   months[6]  = "July";
   months[7]  = "August";
   months[8]  = "September";
   months[9]  = "October";
   months[10] = "November";
   months[11] = "December";
   
   var weekday = new Array();
   weekday[0] = "Sunday";
   weekday[1] = "Monday";
   weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
   weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
   weekday[4] = "Thursday";
   weekday[5] = "Friday";
   weekday[6] = "Saturday";

   var today       = new Date();
   var year        = today.getFullYear();
   var month       = months[today.getMonth()];
   var monthday    = today.getDate();
   
   var h		   = today.getHours() - 3;
   var m           = today.getMinutes();
   
    if (h<12){
   		var ampm = "am";
	} else {
		var ampm = "pm";
	}
	
   m=checkTime(m);
   h=hourCheck(h);
   
   var dateString = weekday[today.getDay()] + ', ' + month + ' ' + monthday + ', ' + year + ' &nbsp;</strong>|<strong>&nbsp; ' + h + ':' + m + '&nbsp;' + ampm;
   return dateString;
}


function checkTime(i)
{
if (i<10) 
  {i="0" + i}
  return i
}

function hourCheck(h)
{
	if (h>12)
	{h = h - 12;}
	return h
}
// END TODAYS DATE ===================================