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<!-- Written by David Flanagan.  Copyright (c) 1996 O'Reilly & Associates. -->
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Today's Date</TITLE>
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
    // Define a function for use later on.
    function print_todays_date()
    {
        var d = new Date();  // today's date and time.
        document.write(d.toLocaleString());
    }
    </SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<HR>The date and time are:<BR><B>
    <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
    // now call the function we defined above
    print_todays_date();
    </SCRIPT>
</B><HR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
