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// e.g 6/6/07
function GetDay(intDay)
{
	var DayArray = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
    return DayArray[intDay];
}
function getTodaysShortDate()
{
	var today = new Date();
	var year = today.getYear();
	if(year<1000) year+=1900; 
	return today.getDate() + "/" + (today.getMonth()+1) + "/" + (year+"").substring(2,4);
}
function getTodaysDayAndShortDate()
{
	//e.g. Wednesday 6/6/07
	var today = new Date();
	var todayStr = GetDay(today.getDay());
	var year = today.getYear();
	if(year<1000) year+=1900; 
	return todayStr + " "+ today.getDate() + "/" + (today.getMonth()+1) + "/" + (year+"").substring(2,4);
}
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