//
// format date as dd mmm yy
// example: 12 Jan 99
//
function date_ddmmmyy(date)
{
  var d = date.getDate();
  var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
  var y = date.getYear();
  // handle different year values
  // returned by IE and NS in
  // the year 2000.
  if(y >= 2000)
  {
    y -= 2000;
  }
  if(y >= 100)
  {
    y -= 100;
  }
  // could use splitString() here
  // but the following method is
  // more compatible
  var mmm =
    ( 1==m)?'Jan':( 2==m)?'Feb':(3==m)?'March':
    ( 4==m)?'April':( 5==m)?'May':(6==m)?'June':
    ( 7==m)?'July':( 8==m)?'August':(9==m)?'September':
    (10==m)?'October':(11==m)?'November':'December';
  return "" +
   +
   (d<10?" "+d:d) + " " +
    mmm + " "  +   (y<10?"0"+y:y);
}
//
// get last modified date of the
// current document.
//
function date_lastmodified()
{
  var lmd = document.lastModified;
  var s   = "Unknown";
  var d1;
  // check if we have a valid date
  // before proceeding
  if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd)))
  {
    s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1));
  }
  return s;
}
//
// finally display the last modified date
// as DD MMM YY
//
document.write(
  "This page was last updated on " +
  date_lastmodified() );
//