function emailCheck (emailStr) 
{
	emailStr=emailStr.value
	/* The following variable tells the rest of the function whether or not
	to verify that the address ends in a two-letter country or well-known
	TLD.  1 means check it, 0 means don't. */
	
	var checkTLD=1;
	
	/* The following is the list of known TLDs that an e-mail address must end with. */
	
	var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
	
	/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
	fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
	from the domain. */
	
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
	
	/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
	characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
	These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ] */
	
	var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
	
	/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
	username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed.*/
	
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
	
	/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
	which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
	and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
	is a legal e-mail address. */
	
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
	
	/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
	rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
	e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
	
	var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
	
	/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of non-special characters.) */
	
	var atom=validChars + '+';
	
	/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
	For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
	Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
	
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
	
	// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
	
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
	
	/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
	domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
	
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
	
	/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is valid. */
	
	/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
	different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
	
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
	
	if (matchArray==null) {
	
	/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
	even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
	
	alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
	return false;
	}
	var user=matchArray[1];
	var domain=matchArray[2];
	
	// Start by checking that only basic ASCII characters are in the strings (0-127).
	
	for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
	if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	alert("Ths username contains invalid characters.");
	return false;
	   }
	}
	for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
	if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
	return false;
	   }
	}
	
	// See if "user" is valid 
	
	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
	
	// user is not valid
	
	alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
	return false;
	}
	
	/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
	host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
	
	var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
	if (IPArray!=null) {
	
	// this is an IP address
	
	for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
	return false;
	   }
	}
	return true;
	}
	
	// Domain is symbolic name.  Check if it's valid.
	 
	var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
	var domArr=domain.split(".");
	var len=domArr.length;
	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
	if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
	alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
	return false;
	   }
	}
	
	/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
	known top-level domain (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
	representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
	the domain or country. */
	
	if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
	domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
	alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
	return false;
	}
	
	// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
	
	if (len<2) {
	alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
	return false;
	}
	
	// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
	return true;
}

//set todays date
Now = new Date();
NowDay = Now.getDate();
NowMonth = Now.getMonth();
NowYear = Now.getYear();
if (NowYear < 2000) NowYear += 1900; //for Netscape

//function for returning how many days there are in a month including leap years
function DaysInMonth(WhichMonth, WhichYear)
{
  var DaysInMonth = 31;
  if (WhichMonth == "Apr" || WhichMonth == "Jun" || WhichMonth == "Sep" || WhichMonth == "Nov") DaysInMonth = 30;
  if (WhichMonth == "Feb" && (WhichYear/4) != Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 28;
  if (WhichMonth == "Feb" && (WhichYear/4) == Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 29;
  return DaysInMonth;
}

function NumberMonth(WhichMonth)
{
	if (WhichMonth == "Jan")
		return 1;
	if (WhichMonth == "Feb")
		return 2;
	if (WhichMonth == "Mar")
		return 3;
	if (WhichMonth == "Apr")
		return 4;
	if (WhichMonth == "May")
		return 5;
	if (WhichMonth == "Jun")
		return 6;
	if (WhichMonth == "Jul")
		return 7;
	if (WhichMonth == "Aug")
		return 8;
	if (WhichMonth == "Sep")
		return 9;
	if (WhichMonth == "Oct")
		return 10;
	if (WhichMonth == "Nov")
		return 11;
	if (WhichMonth == "Dec")
		return 12;
}

//function to change the available days in a months
function ChangeOptionDays(Which)
{
  DaysObject = eval("document." + Which + "Day");
  MonthObject = eval("document." + Which + "Month");
  YearObject = eval("document." + Which + "Year");

  Month = MonthObject[MonthObject.selectedIndex].text;
  Year = YearObject[YearObject.selectedIndex].text;

  DaysForThisSelection = DaysInMonth(Month, Year);
  CurrentDaysInSelection = DaysObject.length;
  if (CurrentDaysInSelection > DaysForThisSelection)
  {
    for (i=0; i<(CurrentDaysInSelection-DaysForThisSelection); i++)
    {
      DaysObject.options[DaysObject.options.length - 1] = null
    }
  }
  if (DaysForThisSelection > CurrentDaysInSelection)
  {
    for (i=0; i<(DaysForThisSelection-CurrentDaysInSelection); i++)
    {
      NewOption = new Option(DaysObject.options.length + 1);
      DaysObject.add(NewOption);
    }
  }
    if (DaysObject.selectedIndex < 0) DaysObject.selectedIndex == 0;
}

//function to set options to today
function SetToToday(Which)
{
  DaysObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Day");
  MonthObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Month");
  YearObject = eval("document.Form1." + Which + "Year");

  YearObject[0].selected = true;
  MonthObject[NowMonth].selected = true;

  ChangeOptionDays(Which);

  DaysObject[NowDay-1].selected = true;
}

//function to write option years plus x
function WriteYearOptions(YearsBehind)
{
  line = "";
  for (i=0; i>=YearsBehind; i++)
  {
    line += "<OPTION";
	line += " value='";
	line += NowYear - i;
	line += "'>";
	line += NowYear - i;
    line += "</OPTION>";
  }
  return line;
}
//  End -->