//First way:
			
			//the var today is initialized with a Date object
			
			//containing the current date and time
			
			//on the basis of the user's computer
			
			//use toLocaleDateString() to adjust the date
			
			//to the local time zone and format it automatically
			
			var today = new Date().toLocaleDateString();
			
			
			
			//Second way:
			
			//you pass a millisecond argument that starts at 1970/01/01:
			
			//new Date(milliseconds)
			
			var date = new Date(1000).toLocaleDateString();
			
			//On my system this outputs: 01 January 1970
			
			
			
			//Third way:
			
			//You pass a string as argument:
			
			//new Date(dateString)
			
			var date = new Date("10 November, 2011").toLocaleDateString();
			
			//On my system this outputs: 10 November 2011
			
			
			
			Fourth way:
			
			//new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
			
			//only year and month are required, 
			
			//the others are optional arguments and 
			
			//where not present 0 is passed by default
			
			//Below you pass the year in a 4-digit format, and the month in number form:
			
			//months are represented by numbers from 0 (January) to 11 (December)
			
			var date = new Date(2011, 10).toLocaleDateString();
			
			//On my system this outputs: 01 November 2011
			
			

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//use getDate() to extract the  day of the month
			
		document.write(myDate.getDate());
			
		//At the time of writing, this prints 11
		
		//days of the month range from 1 to 31
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myTime = new Date();
			
		//use getTime() to extract the  time
			
		document.write(myTime.getTime());
			
		//At the time of writing, this prints 1321021815555
		
		//This is the millisecond representation of the current
		
		//date object: the number of milliseconds between
		
		//1/1/1970 (GMT) and the current Date object
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//extract the year component and print it on the page
			
		document.write(myDate.getFullYear());
			
		//At the time of writing, this prints 2011
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//extract the month component and print it on the page
			
		document.write(myDate.getMonth());
			
		//At the time of writing, this prints 10
		
		//which represents the month of November - months are represented
		
		//with numbers starting at 0 (January) and ending with 11 (December)
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//extract the day component and print it on the page
			
		document.write(myDate.getDay());
			
		//At the time of writing, this prints 5
		
		//which represents Friday - days are represented
		
		//with numbers starting at 0 (Sunday) and ending with 6 (Saturday)
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//extract the hours component
			
		var hours = myDate.getHours();
			
		//extract the minutes component
		
		var minutes = myDate.getMinutes();
		
		//format and display the result on the page:
		
		//check the minutes value is greater than 1 digit
		
		//by being less than 10
		
		if (minutes < 10)
		
		{
		
		//If it's just a one digit number, then add a 0 in front
		
		minutes = "0" + minutes;
		
		}
			
		var timeString = hours + " : " + minutes;
			
		document.write(timeString);
			
		//Based on my computer clock, this prints:
			
		//14 : 44
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object containing the current date and time
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//set the Date object to a specific date: 31 October, 2011
			
		var mySetDate = myDate.setFullYear(2011, 9, 31);
			
		//Now retrieve the newly set date
		
		var mySetDay = myDate.getDay(mySetDate);
		
		//mySetDay will contain a number between 0 - 6 (Sunday - Saturday).
		
		//Use mySetDay as test case for a switch statement
		
		//to assign the corresponding week day to the number value
		
		switch (mySetDay)
		
		{
		
		case 0:
		
		mySetDay = "Sunday";
		
		break;
		
		case 1:
		
		mySetDay = "Monday";
		
		break;
		
		case 2:
		
		mySetDay = "Tuesday";
		
		break;
		
		case 3:
		
		mySetDay = "Wednesday";
		
		break;
		
		case 4:
		
		mySetDay = "Thursday";
		
		break;
		
		case 5:
		
		mySetDay = "Friday";
		
		break;
		
		case 6:
		
		mySetDay = "Saturday";
		
		break;
		
		}
		
		//display the result on the page
			
		document.write("The 31st October 2011 is a " + mySetDay);
			
		//If you check the date on a calendar, you'll find that 
			
		//the 31st Oct 2011 is indeed a Monday
		
		

		
		//Create a Date object
			
		var myDate = new Date();
			
		//set the Date object to a specific date: 31 October, 2011
			
		var mySetDate = myDate.setFullYear(2011, 9, 31);
			
		//Create a second Date object
		
		var now = new Date();
		
		//Make the comparison: if the set date is bigger than today's date
			
		if (mySetDate > now)
			
		{
			
		//the set date is in the future
			
		document.write("The 31st October is in the future");
		
		}
			
		//if the set date is smaller than today's date, it's in the past
		
		else
			
		{
		
		document.write("The 31st October is in the past");
		
		}