function showDate()
/* Creates a string of text showing todays date */
{
    d = new Date();
    day = d.getDay();
    mon = d.getMonth();
    date = d.getDate();

    rday=new Array();
    rday=["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];
    rmon=new Array();
    rmon=["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"];

    return (""+rday[day]+", "+rmon[mon]+" "+date+"");
}