function makeArray() {
     for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
          this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
}

var months = new makeArray('January','February','March', 'April','May','June','July','August','September', 'October',
						   'November','December');
var daysofweek = new makeArray('Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday');

function DayOfWeek(day,month,year) {
    var a = Math.floor((14 - month)/12);
    var y = year - a;
    var m = month + 12*a - 2;
    var d = (day + y + Math.floor(y/4) - Math.floor(y/100) +
             Math.floor(y/400) + Math.floor((31*m)/12)) % 7;
    return d + 1;
}


var date = new Date();
var day  = date.getDate();
var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
var yy = date.getYear();
var year = (yy < 1000) ? yy + 1900 : yy;
var dayName = daysofweek[DayOfWeek(day,month,year)]