var this_weekday_name_array = new Array("الأحد","الإثنين","الثلاثاء","الأربعاء","الخميس","الجمعة","السبت")	//predefine weekday names
var this_month_name_array = new Array("يناير","فبراير","مارس","أبريل","مايو","يونية","يولية","أغسطس","سبتمبر","أكتوبر","نوفمبر","ديسمبر")	//predefine month names

function getdate(date)
{
var this_date_timestamp=new Date(date)	//get current day-time stamp

var this_weekday = this_date_timestamp.getDay()	//extract weekday
var this_date = this_date_timestamp.getDate()	//extract day of month
var this_month = this_date_timestamp.getMonth()	//extract month
var this_year = this_date_timestamp.getYear()	//extract year

if (this_year < 1000)
	this_year+= 1900;	//fix Y2K problem
if (this_year==101)
	this_year=2001;		//fix Netscape browsers - it displays the year as being the year 101!

var this_date_string = this_weekday_name_array[this_weekday] + ", " + this_date +  ", " + this_month_name_array[this_month] + " " + this_year	//concat long date string
return this_date_string;
}