function makeArray()    {
    this[0] = makeArray.arguments.length;
    for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
        this[i+1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
}

var daysofmonth   = new makeArray( 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);
var daysofmonthLY = new makeArray( 31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);

function LeapYear(year) {
    if ((year/4)   != Math.floor(year/4))   return false;
    if ((year/100) != Math.floor(year/100)) return true;
    if ((year/400) != Math.floor(year/400)) return false;
    return true;
}

function NthDay(nth,weekday,month,year) {
    if (nth > 0) return (nth-1)*7 + 1 + (7 + weekday -
DayOfWeek((nth-1)*7 + 1,month,year))%7;
    if (LeapYear(year)) var days = daysofmonthLY[month];
    else                var days = daysofmonth[month];
    return days - (DayOfWeek(days,month,year) - weekday + 7)%7;
}

function DayOfWeek(day,month,year) {
    var a = Math.floor((14 - month)/12);
    var y = year - a;
    var m = month + 12*a - 2;
    var d = (day + y + Math.floor(y/4) - Math.floor(y/100) +
Math.floor(y/400) + Math.floor((31*m)/12)) % 7;
    return d+1;
}

function y2k(number)    { return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number; }

var today = new Date();
var year = y2k(today.getYear());

var DSTstart = new Date(year,4-1,NthDay(1,1,4,year),2,0,0);
var DSTend   = new Date(year,10-1,NthDay(-1,1,10,year),2,0,0);

function getMS(date) {
    return
Date.UTC(y2k(date.getYear()),date.getMonth(),date.getDate(),date.getHours(),date.getMinutes(),date.getSeconds())
}

var todayMS = getMS(today);
var DSTstartMS = getMS(DSTstart);
var DSTendMS = getMS(DSTend);
var daylight_saving = false;
if (todayMS > DSTstartMS && todayMS < DSTendMS){
 //   alert('Daylight Saving within effect');
	daylight_saving = true;
}else
   // alert('Daylght Saving NOT within effect');





function setUTC(utcString){
  var uDate = new Date(utcString);
  return new Date(uDate.setUTCMinutes(uDate.getUTCMinutes()+uDate.getTimezoneOffset()));
}

Date.prototype.toLocalFormat = function (theFormat){
  var aVar = {
   MM: this.getMonth()+1,
   DD: this.getDate(),
   YYYY: this.getFullYear(),
   hh: this.getHours(),
   mm: this.getMinutes(),
   ss: this.getSeconds(),
   ap: "AM"
  }
  if(theFormat.match(/\bap\b/i)){
    if((aVar.hh>12) || (aVar.hh>=12 && aVar.mm > 0 )){ //Patch by Vivek: Added the time condition of hh>=12 and hh < 1
      aVar.hh -= 12;
      aVar.ap = "PM";
    }
    //alert(aVar.hh);
    //alert(aVar.mm);
    //alert(aVar.ap);
  }
  for(v in aVar){
    theFormat = theFormat.replace(v, f2(aVar[v]));
  }

  function f2(theVal){
    if(theVal<10) return "0"+theVal;
    return theVal;
  }
  return theFormat;
}