//creating an Array of months
var months=new Array(13);
months[1]="January";
months[2]="February";
months[3]="March";
months[4]="April";
months[5]="May";
months[6]="June";
months[7]="July";
months[8]="August";
months[9]="September";
months[10]="October";
months[11]="November";
months[12]="December";

//creating an Array of days
var days=new Array(7);
days[0]="Sunday"
days[1]="Monday";
days[2]="Tuesday";
days[3]="Wednesday";
days[4]="Thursday";
days[5]="Friday";
days[6]="Saturday";

//probing the current date details
var current=new Date();
var nmonth=(current.getMonth() + 1);
var lmonth=months[current.getMonth() + 1];
var date=current.getDate();
var nday=current.getDay();
var today=days[current.getDay()];
var year=current.getYear();

//removing lines below as now in 2001
//if (year < 2000)    
//year = year + 1900;

//assigning the printed date to a variable for the database
//document.write("" + today + " ");
//document.write("" + lmonth + " ");
//document.write(date + ", " + year + "");
var PrintedDate = (date + "/" + nmonth + "/" + year + "")
<!--
function validate_form()

	{

var Firstname = document.forms[0].form_firstname.value
var Surname = document.forms[0].form_surname.value
var Company = document.forms[0].form_company.value
var Address = document.forms[0].form_address.value
var Town = document.forms[0].form_town.value
var County = document.forms[0].form_county.value
var Postcode = document.forms[0].form_postcode.value
var Email = document.forms[0].form_email.value


//This section validates the user input
	if ((Firstname == "") || (Firstname == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your first name.");
	document.forms[0].form_firstname.focus()
	return false;
	}

	else if ((Surname == "") || (Surname == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your surname.");
	document.forms[0].form_surname.focus()
	return false;
	}

	else if ((Company == "") || (Company == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your company name.");
	document.forms[0].form_company.focus()
	return false;
	}
/*
	else if ((Address == "") || (Address == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter the first line of your address.");
	document.forms[0].form_address.focus()
	return false;
	}

	else if ((Town == "") || (Town == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your town.");
	document.forms[0].form_town.focus()
	return false;
	}

	else if ((County == "") || (County == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your county.");
	document.forms[0].form_county.focus()
	return false;
	}
*/
	else if ((Postcode == "") || (Postcode == null))
	{ 
	alert("Please make sure you enter your postcode.");
	document.forms[0].form_postcode.focus()
	return false;
	}

//This section validates the user has input the email address.
	else if (document.forms[0].form_email.value.indexOf("@")==-1 || document.forms[0].form_email.value.indexOf(".")==-1 || document.forms[0].form_email.value.indexOf(" ")!=-1 || document.forms[0].form_email.value.length<6)
	{
	alert("You have either failed to enter or typed in an invalid email adress, please check and try again.");
	document.forms[0].form_email.focus()
	return false;
	}
	
//This section validates that the user has selected at least one brochure.
//	else if ((((document.forms[0].form_brochurespringbok.checked != true) && (document.forms[0].form_brochureshongololo.checked != true) && (document.forms[0].form_brochuresuninternational.checked != true) && (document.forms[0].form_brochureeasygolf.checked != true))))
//	{ 
//	alert("You have forgotten to select a brochure. Please select the brochure(s) you would like us to send to you.");
//	document.forms[0].form_brochurespringbok.focus()
//	return false;
//	}

	else
	document.forms[0].submit();
	}