Simple example of getting the current date as verbose text. Source: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/article.php/3887346

getDate.js

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();

function fourdigits(number)	{
	return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
								}
today =  days[now.getDay()] + ", " +
         months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
         date + ", " +
         (fourdigits(now.getYear())) ;