//turns off javascript error messages in the browser
window.onerror = function(){ return true;}



function getTodaysDate()
{
//create date object
now = new Date();
//get local date
local = now.toLocaleString();
//convert string 
localAsString = local.toString();
//strip date string 
todaysDate = localAsString.substring(0,11);

return todaysDate;
};


function getDayOfWeek()
{
now2 = new Date();

day = now2.getDay();

if (day == 0)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Sunday";
}
else if(day == 1)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Monday";
}
else if(day == 2)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Tuesday";
}
else if(day == 3)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Wednesday";
}
else if(day == 4)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Thursday";
}
else if(day == 5)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Friday";
}
else if(day == 6)
{
dayOfTheWeek = "Saturday";
};

return dayOfTheWeek;

};

todaysDate = getTodaysDate();
dayOfTheWeek = getDayOfWeek();

function searchValidate()
{

if(document.form2.criteria.value.length < 1)
 {alert("OOPS! You forgot to enter a search term.");
  return false;
 }
return true;
}