//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 == "04" || WhichMonth == "06" || WhichMonth == "09" || WhichMonth == "11") DaysInMonth = 30;
  if (WhichMonth == "02" && (WhichYear/4) != Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 28;
  if (WhichMonth == "02" && (WhichYear/4) == Math.floor(WhichYear/4))	DaysInMonth = 29;
  return DaysInMonth;
}

//function to change the available days in a months
function ChangeOptionDays()
{
  DaysObject = eval(document.getElementById("ffdated"));
  MonthObject = eval(document.getElementById("ffdatem"));
  YearObject = eval(document.getElementById("ffdatey"));

  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;
}