function makeDate(){
  today = new Date();
  var mo=today.getMonth() + 1;
  var dy=today.getDate()
  
// Use getYear on older browsers and getFullYear on newer browsers (getYear deprecated in favor of getFullYear as of JavaScript 1.2 but used 1.3 as a cutoff based on Netscape documentation)

  if ( _version < 1.3) var fullyr = today.getYear();
  else var fullyr = today.getFullYear();

// Verify that a four digit year was returned and adjust if necessary 

  if (fullyr < 1900) fullyr += 1900;

  var month, date, year;

  if (mo < 10) {
	month = '0' + mo;
  } else {
	month = mo;	
  }

  if (dy < 10) {
	date = '0' + dy;
  } else {
	date = dy;
  }

  var year = fullyr.toString();
  var yrlen = year.length;
  year = year.substring(yrlen-2, yrlen);	  

  document.write('<td><img src="'+ dir +'images/month/month_'+ month +'.gif" width="64" height="19" alt="" border="0"></td>');
  document.write('<td><img src="'+ dir +'images/day/day_'+ date +'.gif" width="21" height="19" alt="" border="0"></td>');
  document.write('<td><img src="'+ dir +'images/comma.gif" width="5" height="19" alt="" border="0"></td>');
  document.write('<td><img src="'+ dir +'images/year/year_'+ year +'.gif" width="30" height="19" alt="" border="0"></td>');
}