// Convert news dates to date blocks
var newsdates = $$('div.date');
newsdates.each(function (item)
						 {
							 
							 // get item value. eg: 17-Sep-2007
							 var dateval = new String(item.innerHTML);
							 
							 // get day number and month and bold date number
							 dateval = dateval.replace(/(\d+)-(\w+)-\d+/g, "<div class='datebig'>$1</div>$2");
							 							 
							 // replace innervalue
							 item.update(dateval);
						 });