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function writeDate(RL) {
  
  //alert(RL);
  
  // get a date object
  var today = new Date();
  var dayWord;
  var monthWord;

  // ask the object for some information
  var month = today.getMonth();
  var date = today.getDate();
  var hour = today.getHours();
  var minutes = today.getMinutes();
  var year = today.getYear();
  var dayname = today.getDay();

  
  // stored month names in different languages
  var arrE = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
  var arrF = new Array("Janvier", "F&eacute;vrier", "Mars", "Avril", "Mai", "Juin", "Juillet", "Ao&ucirc;t", "Septembre", "Octobre", "Novembre", "D&eacute;cembre");
  var arrG = new Array("Januar", "Februar", "M&auml;rz", "April", "Mai", "Juni", "Julil", "August", "September", "Oktober", "November", "Dezember");
  var arrI = new Array("Gennaio", "Febbraio", "Marzo", "Aprile", "Maggio", "Giugno", "Luglio", "Agosto", "Settembre", "Ottobre", "Novembre", "Dicembre");
  var arrP = new Array("Janeiro", "Fevereiro", "Mar&ccedil;o", "Abril", "Maio", "Junho", "Julho", "Agosto", "Setembro", "Outubro", "Novembro", "Dezembro");
  var arrS = new Array("Enero", "Febrero", "Marzo", "Abril", "Mayo", "Junio", "Julio", "Agosto", "Septiembre", "Octubre", "Noviembre", "Diciembre");
  
  //deteremine the language by getting the last letter of the RL
  var language = RL.substr(2, 1)
  
  
  //Print military time with 0 for one digit hours
	if (hour < 10) {
		hour = "0" + hour
	}	
	
	if (minutes < 10) {
		minutes = "0" + minutes
	}
  
  // help Netscape print a readable year	
	if (year < 2000) {
		year = year + 1900
	}
							  
  // format the output
  if (language == "M") 
  {
  	// assign string (Mandarin) values to numeric variables: day
	
	//if (dayname == 0) daytext =
	//###########################################################
	//switch statement doesn't work in IE 3.0
	/*switch (dayname)
		{
		case 0:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#26085;";  //Sunday
			break;
		case 1:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#19968;";  //Monday
			break;
		case 2:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20108;";  //Tuesday
			break;
		case 3:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#19977;";  //Wednesday
			break;
		case 4:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#22235;";  //Thursday
			break;
		case 5:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20116;";  //Friday
			break;
		case 6:
			dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20845;";  //Saturday
			break;
		}
	*/
	
	if (dayname == 0) 
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#26085;";  //Sunday
	else if (dayname == 1)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#19968;";  //Monday
	else if (dayname == 2)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20108;";  //Tuesday
	else if (dayname == 3)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#19977;";  //Wednesday
	else if (dayname == 4)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#22235;";  //Thursday
	else if (dayname == 5)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20116;";  //Friday
	else if (dayname == 6)
		dayText = "&#26143;&#26399;&#20845;";  //Saturday
		
	//Mandarin variables
	var yearMand = "<span id=timedate>&#24180;</span>"                //Mandarin for Year
	var monthMand = "<span id=timedate>&#26376;</span>"               //Mandarin for Month
	var dayMand = "<span id=timedate>&#26085;</span>"                 //Mandarin for Day
	var commaMand = "<span id=timedate>&#65292;</span>"               //Mandarin text for comma
	month = month + 1;
	//final output
	var theDay = year + yearMand + month + monthMand + date + dayMand + commaMand + " " + dayText;
	return(theDay);
  }
  else
  {
  	  // choose the month
	  /*switch (language)
	  {
	  		case "E":
				monthWord = arrE[month];
				break;
			case "F":
				monthWord = arrF[month];
				break;
			case "G":
				monthWord = arrG[month];
				break;
			case "I":
				monthWord = arrI[month];
				break;
			case "P":
				monthWord = arrP[month];
				break;
			case "S":
				monthWord = arrS[month];
				break;
	  }*/
	  if (language == "E")
	  		monthWord = arrE[month];
	  else if (language == "F")
	  		monthWord = arrF[month];
	  else if (language == "G")
	  		monthWord = arrG[month];
	  else if (language == "I")
	  		monthWord = arrI[month];
	  else if (language == "P")
	  		monthWord = arrP[month];
	  else if (language == "S")
	  		monthWord = arrS[month];
  
	var theDay = date + " " + monthWord + " " + year + " ";
	return(theDay);
  }

}

function upclock(RL){
	var dte = new Date();
	var hrs = dte.getHours();
	var min = dte.getMinutes();
	var sec = dte.getSeconds();
	
	var col = ":";
	var spc = "&nbsp;";
	var com = ",";
	
	var fulltransdate = writeDate(RL);
	
	if (hrs == 0) hrs=12;
	if (hrs<=9) hrs="0"+hrs;
	if (min<=9) min="0"+min;
	if (sec<=9) sec="0"+sec;
	
	if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
	document.clock.document.write(fulltransdate+spc+spc+spc+spc+hrs+col+min+col+sec);
	//document.clock.document.write(spc+spc+hrs+col+min+col+sec);
	document.clock.document.close();
	}
	
	if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
	clock.innerHTML = fulltransdate+spc+spc+spc+spc+hrs+col+min+col+sec;
	//clock.innerHTML = spc+spc+hrs+col+min+col+sec;
	}
}

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