var days = ['Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'];
var months = ['January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December'];
var day = days[ now.getDay() ];
var month = months[ now.getMonth() ];
Date.getDay()
// Javascript date getDay() method returns the day of the week for the specified
// date according to local time. The value returned by getDay() is an integer
// corresponding to the day of the week: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.