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var the_timeout;
function getTodaysDate()
{
	var month_name = new Array("january", "february", "march", 
	"april", "may", "june", "july", "august", "september", 
	"october", "november", "december");
	var the_date = new Date();
	var the_month = the_date.getMonth();
	var the_day = the_date.getDate();
	var the_year = the_date.getYear();
	var the_fixed_year = Y2K(the_year);
	var hour = the_date.getHours();
	var minutes = the_date.getMinutes();
	var seconds = the_date.getSeconds();
	var minutes = fixTime(minutes);
	var seconds = fixTime(seconds);
	var the_nice_date = month_name[the_month] + "&nbsp;" + the_day + ".&nbsp;" + the_fixed_year +"&nbsp;|&nbsp;" + hour + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
	

	return the_nice_date;
}


function Y2K(the_date)
{
	if (the_date < 1000)
	{
	the_date = the_date + 1900;
	}
	return the_date;
}


function fixTime(the_time)
{
	if (the_time < 10)
	{
		the_time = "0" + the_time;
	}
	return the_time;
}


function openNewWindow(the_url)
   {
   window.open(the_url,"",
   "width = 600, height = 450, menubar = yes, status, resizable, top = 50, left = 500, toolbar = no, scrollbars = yes");
   }

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