/* Some trivial Javascript functions for ATS site by Richard Seldon */

function getDate() {
	var now = new Date();
	var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
	var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
	var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();
	var today =  days[now.getDay()] + ", " + months[now.getMonth()] + " " + date + ", " + (fourdigits(now.getYear())) ; 
	return today;
}

function fourdigits(number)	{
	return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}

/*  ticker contents */

function isIE() {
	var browser=navigator.appName;
	var version=parseFloat(navigator.appVersion)
	if ((browser=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (version>=4)){
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

tickerContentLength = 0;
tickerSpeed = 200;
tickerChars = 1;

function setupTicker() {
	tickerContentLength = getTickerContent().length;
	setTicker();
}

function setTicker() {
	var content = getTickerContent();
	var contentSubstringPrefix = content.substring(tickerChars);
	var contentSubstringSuffix = content.substr(0,tickerChars);
	if((isIE()) && (contentSubstringPrefix.length < tickerContentLength)){
		contentSubstringPrefix = contentSubstringPrefix + ' ';
	}
	setTickerContent(contentSubstringPrefix + contentSubstringSuffix);
	window.setTimeout('setTicker()', tickerSpeed);
}

function getTickerContent() {
 	return document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML;
}

function setTickerContent(tickerContent) {
	document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tickerContent;
}