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function writeDate()
{
// create an array and fill with the days of the week
var dayName=new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
// create an array and fill with the months of the year
var monthName=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","April","May","June","July","Aug","Sept","Oct","Nov","Dec");
// create a Date object assign to it the current date
var now = new Date();
/* access the elements of the arrays and concatenate as one statement */
document.write(dayName[now.getDay()] + ", " + monthName[now.getMonth()] + " " + now.getDate() +", "+ now.getFullYear());
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