// Get today's current date. var now = new Date(); // Store the day names into an array. var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'); // Store months into an array. var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December'); // Calculate the number of the current day in the week. var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate(); today = days[now.getDay()] + ", " + months[now.getMonth()] + " " + date + ", " + now.getFullYear() ; function validate_form ( ) { valid = true; if ( document.appform.first.value == "" || document.appform.last.value == "" ) { alert ( "Please fill in both first and last names." ); valid = false; } email=document.appform.email.value; AtPos = email.indexOf("@") PerPos = email.lastIndexOf(".") if (email == "") { alert ( "An email address is required ."); valid = false; } else if (AtPos == -1) { valid=false; alert("Email is missing the @ character"); } else if (PerPos == -1) { valid=false; alert("Email is missing a period"); } return valid; //RETURN TRUE OR FALSE BASED ON TESTS WITHIN FUNCTION }