//create function to display date
	var initDate = function(){
		//create a variable and set to today date
		var now = new Date();
		var dayNames = new Array("sun", "mon", "tue", "wed", "thur", "friday", "sat");
		//alert (dayNames [now.getDay()])
		//create a variable to hold todays date in a nice format
		var dtString = (now.getMonth()+1) + "/" + now.getDate() + "/" + now.getFullYear();
		document.getElementById("todayDate").innerHTML = dtString;
	}
	
	window.onload = initDate;