// create an array of day names
var days = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");

// create an array of month names
var months = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");

//get date details
var now = new Date();        // create a new Date object
var yy = now.getYear();      // get the year
if(yy < 2000) yy += 1900;    // adjust year for Netscape
var mm = now.getMonth();     // get the month number
mm = months[mm];             // convert month number to name
var dd = now.getDate();      // get day number in the month
var dy = now.getDay();       // get day number in the week
var da = days[dy];          //convert day number to day name               


//write string

str1 = da;
str1 += ", ";
str1 += mm;
str1 += " ";
str1 += dd;
str1 += ", ";
str1 += yy;

// display the extracted date and date information
document.write(str1 + ".");