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Created April 13, 2017 18:37
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show todays date
// get todays date
// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();
// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();
// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number) {
return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}
// Join it all together
today = days[now.getDay()] + " " +
months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
date + ", " +
(fourdigits(now.getYear()));
// Print out the data.
document.write("" +today+ " ");
// End -->
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