function submitForm() {b_valid = true;if(!htlDoaCal.returnSelectedDate("doa_yy","doa_mm","doa_dd")) b_valid = false;if(!htlDodCal.returnSelectedDate("dod_yy","dod_mm","dod_dd")) b_valid = false;critUpdate();return (b_valid);}

function pastDate(date) {var now = new Date();now = now.getTime();
         //NN3 var params = date.split('/');
               var mm = params[0];
               var dd = params[1];
                   var yy = params[2];
                   var dateToCheck = new Date();
                   dateToCheck.setYear(yy);
                   dateToCheck.setMonth(mm-1);
                   dateToCheck.setDate(dd);
                   var checkDate = dateToCheck.getTime();
                   var futureDate = (now < checkDate);
                   var pastDate = (now > checkDate);
          if (pastDate == true) return true;else return false;}

function critCheck() {//used at load
                   var x = get_cookie('HotelWidget');
          if (x) {
                   var params = x.split('|');
                   var doa = params[0].substring(params[0].indexOf('=')+1);
                   var dod = params[1].substring(params[1].indexOf('=')+1);
          if (pastDate(doa) || pastDate(dod)) {//old date 
          document.getElementById('chk_in').value = 'MM/DD/YYYY';
          document.getElementById('chk_out').value = 'MM/DD/YYYY';} 
          else {document.getElementById('chk_in').value = doa;
          document.getElementById('chk_out').value = dod;}}	return null;}

function critUpdate() {//used at submit
                   var doa = document.getElementById('chk_in').value;
                   var dod = document.getElementById('chk_out').value;
                   var cookie_string = "doa="+escape(doa)+"|dod="+escape(dod);
          set_cookie('HotelWidget',cookie_string);return null;}

function delete_cookie ( cookie_name ) {
                   var cookie_date = new Date ( );  // current date & time
          cookie_date.setTime ( cookie_date.getTime() - 1 );
          document.cookie = cookie_name += "=; expires=" + cookie_date.toGMTString();}

function get_cookie ( cookie_name ) {
                   var results = document.cookie.match ( '(^|;) ?' + cookie_name + '=([^;]*)(;|$)' );
          if ( results ) return ( unescape ( results[2] ) );
          else return null;}

function set_cookie ( name, value ) {
                   var cookie_string = name + "=" + escape ( value ) + ";
          expires=31/12/2222 00:00:00";
          delete_cookie(name);
          document.cookie = cookie_string;}