Display current date and day of week Javascript Code

Display current date and day of week javascript code (long form)

Script Description:
- Display current date and day of week in long form
Cut-and-paste code inside HEAD section:
- i.e., between <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags of your HTML file

var this_date_timestamp=new Date()	//get current day-time stamp

var this_weekday = this_date_timestamp.getDay()	//extract weekday
var this_date = this_date_timestamp.getDate()	//extract day of month
var this_month = this_date_timestamp.getMonth()	//extract month
var this_year = this_date_timestamp.getYear()	//extract year

if (this_year < 1000)
	this_year+= 1900;	//fix Y2K problem
if (this_year==101)
	this_year=2001;		//fix Netscape browsers - it displays the year as being the year 101!

var this_date_string = this_weekday_name_array[this_weekday] + ", " + this_month_name_array[this_month] + " " + this_date + ", " + this_year	//concat long date string
// -->
</script>

Cut-and-paste code inside BODY section:
- i.e., between <BODY> and </BODY> tags of your HTML file

Here is what it does:

Tutorial of how the code works:
- Programming logic:
  - Create and define data variables:
    - this_weekday_name_array contains day-of-week in English
    - this_month_name_array contains months in English
  - Instantiate new this_date_timestamp from Date object
  - Fix Y2K problem and Netscape problem.
  - Build the date and day-of-week string this_date_string from the above variables.
- Run-time logic:
  - Simply write this_date_string out.
- Usage:

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