// get a date object
var today = new Date();
// set up month and weekday arrays
var weekdays = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
// write out the date
var the_date = weekdays[today.getDay()] + " " + today.getDate() + " " + months[today.getMonth()] + " ";
document.write("<font size='2' color='#000000' face='Arial'>" + the_date + "</font>");