function getDate(shortdate) {
	var yy, mm, dd;
	yy = shortdate.substring(0, 2);
	mm = shortdate.substring(2, 4);
	dd = shortdate.substring(4, 6);
	return new Date("20"+yy, mm, dd);
}
var weekday = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");var monthname = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
function getLongDate(d) {
	return weekday[d.getDay()]+", "+monthname[d.getMonth()]+" "+d.getDate()+", "+d.getFullYear();
}