/**
 *  common.js 10JULY2006
 *  George Vlahos, July 2006, George Bolger September 2006
 *
 *  Provide some common script functions used on all pages in the site.
 *
 */

// some global variables
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
var months =  new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June',
						'July','August','September','October','November','December');
var copywright_text = 'Copyright © 2009 Taichi Tao Center. All rights reserved.';
 
function write_copyright_text()
{
	document.write(copywright_text);
}
 
function fourdigits(number)	
{
	return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
} 

function write_current_date()
{
	var now = new Date();
	var date = ((now.getDate() < 10) ? "0" : "") + now.getDate();
	today =  days[now.getDay()] + ", " + months[now.getMonth()] + " " + date + ", " + (fourdigits(now.getYear()));
	document.write(today);
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v.2.0
var newWindow = window.open(theURL,winName,features);
newWindow.focus()
}