function printNowDate()
{
	var date = new Date();
	var retval;
	
	retval = date.toLocaleString();	
	retval = removeTime(retval);

	document.write(retval);
	return true;
}

function removeTime(str) 
{
	return str.replace(/ *\d+:\d+:\d+ *$/, "");
}

function validateEmail(elementValue)
{  
   var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;  
   return emailPattern.test(elementValue);  
}  

function trim(str, chars) {
	return ltrim(rtrim(str, chars), chars);
}
 
function ltrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "");
}
 
function rtrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "");
}