<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL DATE MESSAGE:

  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  -->

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

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<!-- Begin
var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();

days[0] = "April 20, 2001";
msgs[0] = "Happy Birthday, Rama!";

days[1] = "December 21, 1999";
msgs[1] = "Not Christmas yet, it's only the 21st.";

days[2] = "December 22, 1999";
msgs[2] = "Another day closer, almost there!";

days[3] = "December 23, 1999";
msgs[3] = "Wow, tomorrow is Christmas Eve!";

days[4] = "December 24, 1999";
msgs[4] = "It's Christmas Eve, thanks for visiting!";

days[5] = "December 25, 1999";
msgs[5] = "Welcome to this page on Christmas Day!";

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

var today = new Date(); // today
var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("Today is " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<BODY>

<center>
<script>
document.write(dateMsg());
</script>
</center>

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