function flashFix(o){document.write(o)}

function ZipCode(zip) 
{	// Check that a US zip code is valid
var zip = removeSpaces(zip);

    if (!(zip.length == 5 || zip.length == 9 || zip.length == 10)) return false;
    if ((zip.length == 5 || zip.length == 9) && !IsNumeric(zip)) return	false;
    if (zip.length == 10 && zip.search && zip.search(/^\d{5}-\d{4}$/) == -1) return false;
    return true;
	
}	
function PostalCode(zipcode) 
{	// Check that a Canadian postal code is valid
    var zip = removeSpaces(zipcode);					
        if (zip.length == 6 && zip.search(/^[a-zA-Z]\d[a-zA-Z]\d[a-zA-Z]\d$/)!= -1) return true;
        else if (zip.length == 7 &&
            zip.search(/^[a-zA-Z]\d[a-zA-Z]-\d[a-zA-Z]\d$/) != -1) return true;
        else return false;
	
    return true;
}
function removeSpaces(string) 
{
    var tstring = "";
    string = '' + string;
    splitstring = string.split(" ");
    for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
    tstring += splitstring[i];	
    return tstring;
}
function IsNumeric(sText)
{
   var ValidChars = "0123456789.";
   var IsNumber=true;
   var Char;

 
   for (i = 0; i < sText.length && IsNumber == true; i++) 
      { 
      Char = sText.charAt(i); 
      if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1) 
         {
         IsNumber = false;
         }
      }
   return IsNumber;
   
   }
function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
}
function isDate(dtStr){
	var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
	strYr=strYear
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth)
	day=parseInt(strDay)
	year=parseInt(strYr)
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy")
		return false
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		alert("Please enter a valid month")
		return false
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		alert("Please enter a valid day")
		return false
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year")
		return false
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		alert("Please enter a valid date")
		return false
	}
return true
}
function DaysArray(n) {
	for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 31
		if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
		if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
   } 
   return this
}
function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){
	var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}
function daysInFebruary (year){
	// February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
}
function getDateStrWithDOW() {
	var aMonth = ["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"];
	var today = new Date();
	var year = today.getYear();
	if(year<1000) year+=1900;
	var todayStr =  today.getDate() + 1 + " " + aMonth[today.getMonth()] + ", " + year;
	return todayStr;
}
function getDateStr() {	
	var today = new Date();
	var year = today.getYear();
	if(year<1000) year+=1900;
	var todayStr =  formatdateNumber(today.getMonth()+1) + "/" + formatdateNumber(today.getDate()) + "/"+ year;
	return todayStr;
}
function formatdateNumber(num)
{
    var numString = "0";
    if (num <=9)
        {
            numString = numString + num;
        }
        else
        {
            numString = num;            
        }
    return numString;
}