function timeNow() {
        //Grabs the current time and formats it into hh:mm:ss am/pm format.
      // now = new Date()
	now = new Date('Wed Sep 14 23:22:59 EDT 2005')
        hours = now.getHours()
        minutes = now.getMinutes()
        seconds = now.getSeconds()
        timeStr = "" + ((hours > 12) ? hours - 12 : hours)
        timeStr  += ((minutes < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + minutes
        timeStr  += ((seconds < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + seconds
        timeStr  += (hours >= 12) ? " PM" : " AM"
        return timeStr
}