function getTime() {
			// initialize time-related variables with current time settings
			var now = new Date()
			var hour = now.getHours()
			var minute = now.getMinutes()
			now = null
			var ampm = "" 
		
			// validate hour values and set value of ampm
			if (hour >= 12) {
				hour -= 12
				ampm = "PM"
				}
				 
			else {
				ampm = "AM"
				}

			hour = (hour == 0) ? 12 : hour
		
			// add zero digit to a one digit minute
			if (minute < 10) {
				minute = "0" + minute // do not parse this number!
				}
		
			// return time string
			return hour + ":" + minute + " " + ampm
			}

		
		function leapYear(year) {
			if (year % 4 == 0) // basic rule
				return true // is leap year
		
			return false // is not leap year
			}
		
		function getDays(month, year) {
			// create array to hold number of days in each month
			var ar = new Array(12)
			ar[0] = 31 // January
			ar[1] = (leapYear(year)) ? 29 : 28 // February
			ar[2] = 31 // March
			ar[3] = 30 // April
			ar[4] = 31 // May
			ar[5] = 30 // June
			ar[6] = 31 // July
			ar[7] = 31 // August
			ar[8] = 30 // September
			ar[9] = 31 // October
			ar[10] = 30 // November
			ar[11] = 31 // December
		
			// return number of days in the specified month (parameter)
			return ar[month]
			}
		
		function getMonthName(month) {
			// create array to hold name of each month
			var ar = new Array(12)
			ar[0] = "January"
			ar[1] = "February"
			ar[2] = "March"
			ar[3] = "April"
			ar[4] = "May"
			ar[5] = "June"
			ar[6] = "July"
			ar[7] = "August"
			ar[8] = "September"
			ar[9] = "October"
			ar[10] = "November"
			ar[11] = "December"
		
			// return name of specified month (parameter)
			return ar[month]
			}
		
		function setCal() {
			// standard time attributes
			var now = new Date()
			var year = now.getYear()
			if (year < 1000) {
				year+=1900;
				}

			var month = now.getMonth()
			var monthName = getMonthName(month)
			var date = now.getDate()
			now = null

			// create instance of first day of month, and extract the day on which it occurs
			var firstDayInstance = new Date(year, month, 1)
			var firstDay = firstDayInstance.getDay()
			firstDayInstance = null
		
			// number of days in current month
			var days = getDays(month, year)
		
			// call function to draw calendar
			drawCal(firstDay + 1, days, date, monthName, year)
			}


	function drawCal(firstDay, lastDate, date, monthName, year) {
		// constant table settings
		//var headerHeight = 50 // height of the table's header cell
		//var border = 2 // 3D height of table's border
		//var cellspacing = 4 // width of table's border
		//var headerColor = "midnightblue" // color of table's header
		//var headerSize = "+3" // size of tables header font
		//var colWidth = 60 // width of columns in table
		//var dayCellHeight = 25 // height of cells containing days of the week
		//var dayColor = "darkblue" // color of font representing week days
		//var cellHeight = 40 // height of cells representing dates in the calendar
		//var todayColor = "red" // color specifying today's date in the calendar
		//var timeColor = "purple" // color of font representing current time

		// create basic table structure
		var text = "" // initialize accumulative variable to empty string
		//text += '<CENTER>'
		//text += '<TABLE BORDER=' + border + ' CELLSPACING=' + cellspacing + '>' // table settings
		//text += '<TH COLSPAN=7 HEIGHT=' + headerHeight + '>' // create table header cell
		//text += '<FONT COLOR="' + headerColor + '" SIZE=' + headerSize + '>' // set font for table header
		//text += monthName + ' ' + year 
		//text += '</FONT>' // close table header's font settings
		//text += '</TH>' // close header cell

		
		text+='				<h2>Calendar</h2>'
		text+='				<table summary="Calendar">'
		text+='					<caption>'
		text+= monthName
		text+='					</caption>'
		text+='					<thead>'
		text+='						<tr>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Sunday" scope="col" title="Sunday">S</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Monday" scope="col" title="Monday">M</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Tuesday" scope="col" title="Tuesday">T</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Wednesday" scope="col" title="Wednesday">W</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Thursday" scope="col" title="Thursday">T</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Friday" scope="col" title="Friday">F</th>'
		text+='							<th abbr="Saturday" scope="col" title="Saturday">S</th>'
		text+='						</tr>'
		text+='					</thead>'	// close header cells

		// variables to hold constant settings
		//var openCol = '<TD WIDTH=' + colWidth + ' HEIGHT=' + dayCellHeight + '>'
		//openCol += '<FONT COLOR="' + dayColor + '">'
		//var closeCol = '</FONT></TD>'
		
		// create array of abbreviated day names
		//var weekDay = new Array(7)
		//weekDay[0] = "Sun"
		//weekDay[1] = "Mon"
		//weekDay[2] = "Tues"
		//weekDay[3] = "Wed"
		//weekDay[4] = "Thu"
		//weekDay[5] = "Fri"
		//weekDay[6] = "Sat"

		// create first row of table to set column width and specify week day
		//text += '<TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center">'
		//for (var dayNum = 0; dayNum < 7; ++dayNum) {
		//text += openCol + weekDay[dayNum] + closeCol 
		//}
		//text += '</TR>'

		// declaration and initialization of two variables to help with tables
		var digit = 1
		var curCell = 1

for (var row = 1; row <= Math.ceil((lastDate + firstDay - 1) / 7); ++row) {
	//text += '<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top">'
	text+= '<tbody><tr>';
		for (var col = 1; col <= 7; ++col) {
			if (digit > lastDate)
			break

			if (curCell < firstDay) {
				text += '<td></td>';
				curCell++
				}
			
			else {
				if (digit == date) {
					// Ignore the special treatment for today's date'
					/*					
					// current cell represent today's date
					text += '<TD HEIGHT=' + cellHeight + '>'
					text += '<FONT COLOR="' + todayColor + '">'
					text += digit
					text += '</FONT><BR>'
					text += '<FONT COLOR="' + timeColor + '" SIZE=2>'
					text += '<CENTER>' + getTime() + '</CENTER>'
					text += '</FONT>'
					text += '</TD>'
					*/
					
					text += '<td><b>' + digit + '</b></td>'
					}
			
				else
					text += '<td>' + digit + '</td>'
			
				digit++;
				}
			}
		text += '</tr>';
		}


	// close all basic table tags
	text += '</tbody>'
	text += '</table>'
	
	// print accumulative HTML string
	document.write(text);
	}