// Sets a span tag with an id name of "year" to the current year for
// copyrights, etc.

function currentYear(tag) {
	
	var DEBUG = false;
	if (DEBUG) alert ('Called currentYear('+ tag +') in dates.js');
	if (!document.getElementById(tag)) {
	   alert ('Could not find id=' + tag);
	   return false;
	}
	var obj = document.getElementById(tag);
	var today = new Date();
	var year = today.getFullYear();
    txt = document.createTextNode(year);
    obj.appendChild(txt);
    return true;
}

// Sets a span tag with an id name passed to the function to the current
// date, good for "last modified", etc.

/*
function currentDate(tag) {

	if (!document.getElementById(tag)) return false;
	var obj = document.getElementById(tag);

	var monthtext = new Array("January","February","March","April","May",
		"June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
	var today = new Date();
	var month = today.getMonth();
	var date = today.getDate();
	var year = today.getFullYear();
	var currentdate = monthtext[month] + " " + date + ", " + year;
	var txt = document.createTextNode(currentdate);
	obj.appendChild(txt);
	return true;
}

function lastUpdated() {
	if (!document.getElementById("lastupdate")) return false;
 4   var obj = document.getElementById("lastupdate");
 5   var monthtext = new
 Array("January","February","March","April","May","June",
       "July","August","September","October","November","December");
 6   var modified = new Date(document.lastModified);
 7   var month = modified.getMonth();
 8   var day = modified.getDate();
 9   var year = modified.getFullYear();
10   var lastupdate = "Last update: " + monthtext[month] + " " + day + ", " +
 year;
11   var txt = document.createTextNode(lastupdate);
12   obj.appendChild(txt);
13   return true;
}
*/