            var dtCh= "/";
            var minYear=1900;
            var maxYear=2100;
            
            function isInteger(s)
            {
                for ( i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
                {   
                     c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (((c < "0") || (c > "9")))
                    {
                         return false;
                    }    
                }
                return true;
            }
            
            function stripCharsInBag(s, bag)
            {
                var returnString = "";
                for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
                {   
                    var c = s.charAt(i);
                    if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
                }
                return returnString;
            }
            
            function daysInFebruary (year)
            {
                return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
            }
            
            function DaysArray(n) 
            {
                for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
                    this[i] = 31
                    if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
                    if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
               } 
               return this
            }
            
            function isDate(dtStr)
            {
                var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
                var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
                var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
                var strDay=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)  
                var strMonth=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
                var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
                strYr=strYear
                if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
                if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
                for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
                    if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
                }
                month=parseInt(strMonth)
                day=parseInt(strDay)
                year=parseInt(strYr)
                if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
                    return false
                }
                if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
                    return false
                }
                if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
                    return false
                }
                if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
                    return false
                }
                if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
                    return false
                }
                return true
             }
        
            if (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") 
            {
               document.write("<style type='text/css'>");
               document.write(".note { top: 35; left: -150; }");
               document.write("</style>");
             }
            
             
             function trim(s) 
            {
              var t = "";
              if (s.length != 0)
              {
                  while (s.substring(0,1) == ' ') 
                  {
                    s = s.substring(1,s.length);
                  }
                  while (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') 
                  {
                    s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
                  }
                  /*
                   for(i=0;i<s.length;++i)
                  {if (s.charAt(i)) != ' ')
                  	{
                  		t += s.chartAt(i);
                  	}
                  }
                  s=t; */
              }
              else
              {
                s = '';
              }
              return s;
            }

            function isNumber(value) 
            {
                 for(i=0;i<value.length;++i)
                 {
                   if(value.charAt(i) < "0" || value.charAt(i) > "9")
                   {
                       if (( value.charAt(i) != "." && value.charAt(i) != "," && value.charAt(i) != "\u00A0"))
                       {
                          return false;
                       }
                    }
                  }
                 
                 return true; 
            }
