//
// format date as mm/dd/yyyy
// example: 04/08/2005
//
function date_ddmmmyy(date)
{
  var d = date.getDate();
  var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
  var y = date.getFullYear();

  // handle different year values 
  // returned by IE and NS in 
  // the year 2000.

  return "" +
    (m<10?"0"+m:m)  + "/" +
    (d<10?"0"+d:d) + "/" +
    y;
}


//
// get last modified date of the 
// current document.
//
function date_lastmodified()
{
  var lmd = document.lastModified;
  var s   = "Unknown";
  var d1;

  // check if we have a valid date
  // before proceeding
  if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd)))
  {
    s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1));
  }

  return s;
}

//
// finally display the last modified date
// as MM/DD/YYYY
//
document.write( 
  "Page last updated on " + 
  date_lastmodified() );

