var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
var dateNow = new Date();	//retrieves current date from the system (in machine format) for us to manipulate
var monthNow = months[dateNow.getMonth()]; //pulls the month from the machine date and assigns its text name
var dayNow = dateNow.getDate();  //pulls the day from the machine date

document.write(monthNow + " " + dayNow + ", 2009");