//set todays date
Now = new Date();
NowDay = Now.getDate();
NowMonth = Now.getMonth();
NowYear = Now.getYear();
if (NowYear < 2000) NowYear += 1900; //for Netscape

//function for returning how many days there are in a month including leap years
function DaysInMonth(WhichMonth, WhichYear)
{
  var DaysInMonth = 31;
  if (WhichMonth == "Apr" || WhichMonth == "Jun" || WhichMonth == "Sep" || WhichMonth == "Nov") DaysInMonth = 30;
  if (WhichMonth == "Feb" && (WhichYear/4) != Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 28;
  if (WhichMonth == "Feb" && (WhichYear/4) == Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 29;
  return DaysInMonth;
}

//function to change the available days in a months
function ChangeOptionDays(Which)
{
  DaysObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Day");
  MonthObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Month");
  YearObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Year");

  Month = MonthObject[MonthObject.selectedIndex].text;
  Year = YearObject[YearObject.selectedIndex].text;

  DaysForThisSelection = DaysInMonth(Month, Year);
  CurrentDaysInSelection = DaysObject.length;
  if (CurrentDaysInSelection > DaysForThisSelection)
  {
    for (i=0; i<(CurrentDaysInSelection-DaysForThisSelection); i++)
    {
      DaysObject.options[DaysObject.options.length - 1] = null
    }
  }
  if (DaysForThisSelection > CurrentDaysInSelection)
  {
    for (i=0; i<(DaysForThisSelection-CurrentDaysInSelection); i++)
    {
      NewOption = new Option(DaysObject.options.length + 1);
      DaysObject.add(NewOption);
    }
  }
    if (DaysObject.selectedIndex < 0) DaysObject.selectedIndex == 0;
}

//function to write option years minus x
function WriteYearOptions(YearsAhead)
{
  line = "";
  for (i=0; i<YearsAhead; i++)
  {
    line += "<OPTION>";
    line += NowYear - i;
  }
  return line;
}
function checkDate() {
var myDayStr = document.Form1.FirstSelectDay.value;
var myMonthStr = document.Form1.FirstSelectMonth.value;
var myYearStr = document.Form1.FirstSelectYear.value;
var myMonth = new Array('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'); var myDateStr = myDayStr + ' ' + myMonth[myMonthStr] + ' ' + myYearStr;

/* Using form values, create a new date object
using the setFullYear function */
var myDate = new Date();
myDate.setFullYear( myYearStr, myMonthStr, myDayStr );

if ( myDate.getMonth() != myMonthStr ) {
  alert( 'I\'m sorry, but "' + myDayStr + '" is NOT a valid date.' );
  return false
} else {
  alert( 'Congratulations! "' + myDayStr + '" IS a valid date.' );
}
}