today = new Date();
date = today.getDate();
month = today.getMonth();

if (month == 0) monthName = "Jan."
else if (month == 1) monthName = "Feb."
else if (month == 2) monthName = "Mar."
else if (month == 3) monthName = "Apr."
else if (month == 4) monthName = "May."
else if (month == 5) monthName = "Jun."
else if (month == 6) monthName = "Jul."
else if (month == 7) monthName = "Aug."
else if (month == 8) monthName = "Sep."
else if (month == 9) monthName = "Oct."
else if (month == 10) monthName = "Nov."
else monthName = "Dec."

if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
var year = today.getFullYear();
}

if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
var year = today.getYear();
}

document.open();
document.write(monthName + " " + date + ", " + year);
document.close();