///****** Time Functions  ***//////

hello="hello John"

// this function creates a time string that can be used to make GET urls unique
function makeTimeString(){
	var today=new Date()
	var m=today.getMinutes()
	var s=today.getSeconds()
	// add a zero in front of numbers<10
	m=zeroPad(m)
	s=zeroPad(s)
	ms = m.toString()+s.toString()
	//alert(ms)
	return ms
}

function startTime()
{
	var today=new Date()
	var h=today.getHours()
	var m=today.getMinutes()
	var s=today.getSeconds()
	var yyyy=today.getFullYear()
	var mm=today.getMonth()+1
	var dd=today.getDate()
	// add a zero in front of numbers<10
	m=zeroPad(m)
	s=zeroPad(s)
	document.getElementById('time').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s+"&nbsp;&nbsp; "+mm+"/"+dd+"/"+yyyy
	t=setTimeout('startTime()',500)
}

function zeroPad(i)
{
if (i<10) 
  {i="0" + i}
  return i
}

function trim(value) {
 //removes leading/trailing spaces and consecutive interior spaces (leaves single interior spaces)
 var temp = value
 var obj = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/
 if (obj.test(temp)) { temp = temp.replace(obj, '$2') }
 var obj = / +/g
 temp = temp.replace(obj, " ")
 if (temp == " ") { temp = "" }
 return temp
 }

	
function changeStackOrder()
{if (document.getElementById("content").style.zIndex=="1"){
document.getElementById("content").style.zIndex="0";
}else{
document.getElementById("content").style.zIndex="1"
}
}