       var months=new Array(13);	// set up an array for string literal months
        months[1]="Stycznia";		// array starts at [1] rather than [0] for
        months[2]="Lutego";		// familiar month numbering convention, could
        months[3]="Marca";		// just as easily be [0..11] but that is less clear
        months[4]="Kwietnia";
        months[5]="Maja";
        months[6]="Czerwca";
        months[7]="Lipca";
        months[8]="Sierpnia";
        months[9]="Września";
        months[10]="Października";
        months[11]="Listopada";
        months[12]="Grudnia";
        var today=new Date();				// store date in today
        var lmonth=months[today.getMonth() + 1];	// pull out month name
        var date=today.getDate();			// pull out numerical date
        var year=today.getFullYear();			// pull out numerical year
        var daynum = today.getDay() + 1;		// pull out day number
        if(daynum==1) day = "Niedziela";			// match day name to day number
        if(daynum==2) day = "Poniedziałek";
        if(daynum==3) day = "Wtorek";
        if(daynum==4) day = "Środa";
        if(daynum==5) day = "Czwartek";
        if(daynum==6) day = "Piątek";
        if(daynum==7) day = "Sobota";
        // make entire date into one variable, allows easy adjustment of format
        // us format: var todaysdate= (day + ", " + date + " " + lmonth + " " + year);
        var todaysdate= (day + ", " + date + " " + lmonth + " " + year);
        // write date to screen
        document.write(todaysdate);