function getDisplayMonth(iMonth) {

    // pass in an month as an integer
    // return the month string

    var monthArray = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");

    return monthArray[iMonth];
}

function getDisplayDate(passedDate) {

    // uses getDisplayMonth()
    // returns passed Date formatted nicely
    // Month day, Year  mmmm dd, yyyy

    theDate = new Date(passedDate);

    // split into day, month, year
    iDay = theDate.getDate();
    iMonth = theDate.getMonth();
    iYear = theDate.getFullYear();
    ishortYear = (iYear+"").substring(2,4);


    sDisplayDate = iDay + " " + getDisplayMonth(iMonth) + " '" + ishortYear;

    return sDisplayDate;
}