function checkSaleDate(firstdate,lastdate)
{
	var adtext = '<img src="http://www.karenhocker.com/images/new.gif" alt="New" id="New" width="22" height="8" hspace="2" vspace="0" align="right">';
	alttext = '';
	
	
	var startdate = new Date(firstdate);
    var enddate = new Date(lastdate);
    var today = new Date();
    
    if ((today >= startdate) && (today <= enddate))
        {
        document.write (adtext);
        }
    else
        {
        document.write (alttext);
        }

} //function checkSaleDate()