function getDateString() {

        var dateObj = new Date();

        var monthName = new 
Array("Jan.","Feb.","March","April","May","June","July","Aug.","Sept." 
,"Oct.","Nov.","Dec.");

        var month = monthName[dateObj.getMonth()];

        var year = dateObj.getYear();

        if (year < 2000) {

                year = year + 1900;

        }

        return "" + month + " " + dateObj.getDate() + ", " + year

}