function makeArray() {
     for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
         this[i] = makeArray.arguments[i];
 }

function getFullYear(d) {
    var y = d.getYear();
    if (y < 1000) {y += 1900};
    return y;
}

//var zone = "EDT";
var days = new makeArray("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
var months = new makeArray("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");

function format_time(t) {

    var Day = t.getDay();
    var Date = t.getDate();
    var Month = t.getMonth();

    timeString = "";
    timeString += days[Day];
    timeString += ", ";
    timeString += " ";
    timeString += months[Month];
    timeString += " ";
    timeString += Date;

   return timeString;
 }