// This array holds the "friendly" day names var day_names = new Array(7) day_names[0] = "Sunday" day_names[1] = "Monday" day_names[2] = "Tuesday" day_names[3] = "Wednesday" day_names[4] = "Thursday" day_names[5] = "Friday" day_names[6] = "Saturday" // This array holds the "friendly" month names var month_names = new Array(12) month_names[0] = "January" month_names[1] = "February" month_names[2] = "March" month_names[3] = "April" month_names[4] = "May" month_names[5] = "June" month_names[6] = "July" month_names[7] = "August" month_names[8] = "September" month_names[9] = "October" month_names[10] = "November" month_names[11] = "December" // Get the current date date_now = new Date() // Figure out the friendly day name day_value = date_now.getDay() date_text = day_names[day_value] // Add the day of the month date_text += ", " + date_now.getDate() // Figure out the friendly month name month_value = date_now.getMonth() date_text += " " + month_names[month_value] // Add the year //date_text += ", " + date_now.getFullYear() // Get the minutes in the hour minute_value = date_now.getMinutes() if (minute_value < 10) { minute_value = "0" + minute_value } // Get the hour value and use it to customize the greeting hour_value = date_now.getHours() if (hour_value == 0) { greeting = "Good morning, " time_text = " " + (hour_value + 12) + ":" + minute_value + " AM" } else if (hour_value < 12) { greeting = "Good morning!" time_text = " " + hour_value + ":" + minute_value + " AM" } else if (hour_value == 12) { greeting = "Good afternoon!" time_text = " at " + hour_value + ":" + minute_value + " PM" } else if (hour_value < 17) { greeting = "Good afternoon!" time_text = " " + (hour_value - 12) + ":" + minute_value + " PM" } else { greeting = "Good evening!" time_text = " " + (hour_value - 12) + ":" + minute_value + " PM" } document.write("" + date_text)