// create variable 'stardate' containing the current startrek stardate
 now = new Date();
 nowMonth = now.getMonth();
 nowDate = now.getDate();
 nowYear = now.getYear() + 1900;
 nowHour = now.getHours();
 nowMinute = now.getMinutes();
 nowSecond = now.getSeconds();
 now = null;
 var Elapsed = nowSecond + 60 * (nowMinute) + 3600 * (nowHour) +86400 * (nowDate - 1)
	 if (nowMonth>10) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*334)} 
	   else if (nowMonth>9) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*304)} 
	   else if (nowMonth>8) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*273)}
	   else if (nowMonth>7) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*243)}
	   else if (nowMonth>6) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*212)}
	   else if (nowMonth>5) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*181)}
	   else if (nowMonth>4) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*151)}
	   else if (nowMonth>3) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*120)}
	   else if (nowMonth>2) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*90)}
	   else if (nowMonth>1) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*59)}
	   else if (nowMonth>0) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400*31)}
 if (nowYear>2100) {var nowYear = nowYear-1900}
 var thisyear = Math.round(Elapsed / 315.36) / 100
 var lpyra= Math.round(nowYear/400)
 var lpyrb= nowYear/400
	if (lpyra=lpyrb) {
		 if (nowMonth>2) {var Elapsed = Elapsed + (86400)}
	}
 var issue = Math.round(((nowYear-2323)/100)-.5);
 var yearspast = (nowYear - (2323+(issue * 100))) * 1000
 var stardate = thisyear+yearspast