Here is a function that returns the current date in JavaScript in the following format : May 29, 2007

function getCurrentDate(){
        var months = new Array(’January’,'February’,'March’,'April’,'May’,
            ‘June’,'July’,'August’,'September’,'October’,'November’,'December’);
        var date = new Date();
        var month = date.getMonth();
        return months[month] + " "+ date.getDate() +" , "+ date.getFullYear();
 }