today = new Date();
year = (today.getFullYear) ? today.getFullYear() : today.getYear();
month = today.getMonth();
switch (month) {
                         case 0 : month = "Jan"; break;
                         case 1 : month = "Feb"; break;
                         case 2 : month = "Mar"; break;
                         case 3 : month = "Apr"; break;
                         case 4 : month = "May"; break;
                         case 5 : month = "Jun"; break;
                         case 6 : month = "Jul"; break;
                         case 7 : month = "Aug"; break;
                         case 8 : month = "Sep"; break;
                         case 9 : month = "Oct"; break;
                         case 10 : month = "Nov"; break;
                         case 11 : month = "Dec"; break;
                         }
date = today.getDate();
dayStr =  date+ ' '+ month+' '+ year;