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// format date as dd-mmm-yy  example: 12-Jan-99
function date_ddmmmyy(date) {
  var d = date.getDate();
  var m = date.getMonth() + 1;
  var y = date.getYear();
	// handle different year values returned by IE and NS in the year 2000.
  if(y >= 2000)  {
    y -= 2000;   }
  if(y >= 100)   {
    y -= 100;  }

  // could use splitString() here but the following method is more compatible
  var mmm = 
    ( 1==m)?'January':( 2==m)?'February':(3==m)?'March':
    ( 4==m)?'April':( 5==m)?'May':(6==m)?'June':
    ( 7==m)?'July':( 8==m)?'August':(9==m)?'September':
    (10==m)?'October':(11==m)?'November':'December';

  return "" + mmm + " " + (d) + "," +  (y<10?" 200"+y:y);
}

// get last modified date of the current document.
function date_lastmodified() {
  var lmd = document.lastModified;
  var s   = "Unknown";
  var d1;
  // check if we have a valid datebefore proceeding
  if(0 != (d1=Date.parse(lmd)))  {
    s = "" + date_ddmmmyy(new Date(d1));  }
  return s;
}

// finally display the last modified date as DD-MMM-YY

document.write( "This page was updated on " + date_lastmodified() );

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