function   CompareDate(date1,date2)
	{
		//returns true if date1 is < date2
		var dateString = date1;//document.dateform.caldate.value    
		d1=dateString.split("/");
		var startdate=new Date(d1[2],d1[0]-1,d1[1]);
		var d2=date2.split("/");
		
		var enddate=new Date(d2[2],d2[0]-1,d2[1]);
		var bcompare=true;
		if(enddate> startdate)
		{	
			bcompare=false
		
		}
		
		return bcompare;	 
	}  
	
	function octab(val)
	{
		if(val.style.display=='none')
		{
			val.style.display='';		
		}
		else
		{
			val.style.display='none';
		}
	}

function trimchar(val)
	{		 
			if(val)
			{
				str =new String(val.value) 
				 
				for (i=0;i<val.value.length;i++)
				{
					if (val.value.charAt(i)!=" ")
					{
						break
					};
				}
				
				val.value=str.substring(i,val.value.length);
				str=(val.value);
				for (i=val.value.length-1;i>-1;i-=1)
				{
					if (val.value.charAt(i)!=" ")
					{
						break;
					}
					 
				}
				val.value=str.substring(0,i+1);
				
			}
	}
	
	
function formatphone(ophone)
	{	 
		var ts=new String();
		var s=ophone.value;
		for(i=0; i  < s.length;i++)
		{	
			if((!isNaN(s.charAt(i) ) )&&(s.charAt(i)!=" "))
			{
				ts+=s.charAt(i);
			}

		}
	 
		switch(ts.length)
		{
			case 10:
				ophone.value=ts.substring(0,3)+"-"+ts.substring(3,6)+"-"+ts.substring(6,10);
			break;
			case 7:
				ophone.value=ts.substring(0,3) + "-" + ts.substring(3,7);
			break;
			
			default:
			break;
		}		
	}