todays date javascript

todays_date.js

var todays_date = function() {

    var month_in_words = function(month_num) {
        if (month_num === 0) { return "January" };
        if (month_num === 1) { return "February" };
        if (month_num === 2) { return "March" };
        if (month_num === 3) { return "April" };
        if (month_num === 4) { return "May" };
        if (month_num === 5) { return "June" };
        if (month_num === 6) { return "July" };
        if (month_num === 7) { return "August" };
        if (month_num === 8) { return "September" };
        if (month_num === 9) { return "October" };
        if (month_num === 10) { return "November" };
        if (month_num === 11) { return "December" };
    };

    var date = new Date(),
        day = date.getDate(),
        month = month_in_words( date.getMonth() ),
        year = date.getFullYear();

    return month +" "+ day +", "+ year;
};