var dayName = new Array ("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var monName = new Array ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
var now = new Date;
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";

var sLastName ="your last name.";
var sPassword ="your password.";

function getFormattedDate() {
	var year;
	var date = " ";
	year = now.getYear();
	if (year <= 200) {
		year += 1900;
	}
	date = dayName[now.getDay()]+", "+monName[now.getMonth()]+" "+now.getDate()+", "+year;
	return date;
}

function isEmpty(s)
{
	return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0));
}

function isWhitespace(s)
{
	var i;
	if (isEmpty(s)) return true;
	for (i=0; i<s.length; i++)
	{   
		var c = s.charAt(i);
		if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function checkString(theField, s)
{
	if (isWhitespace(theField.value)) {
		warnEmpty(theField,s);
		return false;
	}
	else {
		return true;
	}
}

function checkLastName(theField)
{
	return checkString(theField,sLastName);
}

function checkPassword(theField)
{
	return checkString(theField,sPassword);
}

function warnEmpty(theField,s)
{   
	var msg="This field is required. Please enter it.";
	if(warnEmpty.arguments.length > 1) msg="Please enter "+s;
	alert(msg);
	theField.focus();
	theField.select();
	return false;
}

function validate(form)
{
	return(checkLastName(form.lastName) && checkPassword(form.pwd));
}