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Q34 How can I display today's date on my home page in the following styles...?

dd/mm/yy
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var date = new Date();
var d  = date.getDate();
var day = (d < 10) ? '0' + d : d;
var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
var month = (m < 10) ? '0' + m : m;
var yy = date.getYear();
var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;

document.write(day + "/" + month + "/" + year);
//--></script>
date month year
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function makeArray() {
     for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
          this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
}

var months = new makeArray('January','February','March',
    'April','May','June','July','August','September',
    'October','November','December');

var date = new Date();
var day  = date.getDate();
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var yy = date.getYear();
var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;

document.write(day + " " + months[month] + " " + year);
//--></script>

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