// Contains useful client-side Javascript functions for formatting

// Formats the current date as a long date
function formatLongDate() {
    var astrMonth = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
    var dt = new Date;
    var s = astrMonth[dt.getMonth()]+" "+dt.getDate()+", "+dt.getFullYear();
    return s;
}

// Random image script
var theImages = new Array() 
theImages[0] = '/images/1.gif'
theImages[1] = '/images/3.gif'
theImages[2] = '/images/4.gif'
theImages[3] = '/images/5.gif'
theImages[4] = '/images/6.gif'
theImages[5] = '/images/7.gif'


var j = 0
var p = theImages.length;
var preBuffer = new Array()
for (i = 0; i < p; i++){
   preBuffer[i] = new Image()
   preBuffer[i].src = theImages[i]
}
var whichImage = Math.round(Math.random()*(p-1));
function showImage(){
document.write('<img src="'+theImages[whichImage]+'">');
}