function checkDateRange(userDate) {
  var firstPos
  var intMonth
  var intDay
  var intYear
  var timeDiff
  
  //Check for date string with 8 chars (m/d/yyyy)
  if (userDate.length == 8) {
	  intMonth = userDate.substring(0,1)
	  intDay = userDate.substring(2,3)
	  intYear = userDate.substring(4,8)
	  
	  now = new Date;
	  user = new Date(intYear,(intMonth-1),intDay,23,00,00);
	  
	  //check to see if date is less then current
	  if (user.getTime() < now.getTime()) {
         document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
         Message1.innerText = "Your arrival date cannot be less then today's date."
		 return false;
	  } else {
	     //check to see if date entered is past the 10 month cutoff.
		 //26006400000: this is the number of Milliseconds in 301 days
		 //formula to get Milliseconds in a day (((1000*60)*60)*24)
		 timeDiff = (user.getTime() - now.getTime())    
		 if (timeDiff > 26006400000) {
           document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
           Message1.innerText = "You are not allowed to book rooms that far in advance."
		   return false;
		 } else {
		   return true; 
		 }//if
	  }//if
  }//if
 
  //Check for date string with 10 chars (mm/dd/yyyy)
  if (userDate.length == 10) {
	  intMonth = userDate.substring(0,2)
	  intDay = userDate.substring(3,5)
	  intYear = userDate.substring(6,10)
	  
	  now = new Date;
	  user = new Date(intYear,(intMonth-1),intDay,23,00,00);
	  
	  //check to see if date is less then current
	  if (user.getTime() < now.getTime()) {
         document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
         Message1.innerText = "Your arrival date cannot be less then today's date."
		 return false;
	  } else {
	     //check to see if date entered is past the 10 month cutoff.
		 //26006400000: this is the number of Milliseconds in 301 days
		 //formula to get Milliseconds in a day (((1000*60)*60)*24)
		 timeDiff = (user.getTime() - now.getTime())    
		 if (timeDiff > 26006400000) {
           document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
           Message1.innerText = "You are not allowed to book rooms that far in advance."
		   return false;
		 } else {
		   return true; 
		 }//if
	  }//if
  }//if

  //Check for date string with 9 chars (mm/d/yyyy or m/dd/yyyy)
  if (userDate.length == 9) {
      firstPos = userDate.indexOf('/');
	  
	  //Check pos of 1st slash to determine exact positions of date values
	  //POS = 2 is format (mm/d/yyyy)
	  if (firstPos==2) {
	     intMonth = userDate.substring(0,2)
	     intDay = userDate.substring(3,4)
	     intYear = userDate.substring(5,9)
	  }//if

	  //Check pos of 1st slash to determine exact positions of date values
	  //POS = 1 is format (m/dd/yyyy)
	  if (firstPos==1) {
	     intMonth = userDate.substring(0,1)
	     intDay = userDate.substring(2,4)
	     intYear = userDate.substring(5,9)
	  }//if
	  
	  now = new Date;
	  user = new Date(intYear,(intMonth-1),intDay,23,00,00);
	  
	  //check to see if date is less then current
	  if (user.getTime() < now.getTime()) {
         document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
         Message1.innerText = "Your arrival date cannot be less then today's date."
		 return false;
	  } else {
	     //check to see if date entered is past the 10 month cutoff.
		 //26006400000: this is the number of Milliseconds in 301 days
		 //formula to get Milliseconds in a day (((1000*60)*60)*24)
		 timeDiff = (user.getTime() - now.getTime())    
		 if (timeDiff > 26006400000) {
           document.freestyle.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
           Message1.innerText = "You are not allowed to book rooms that far in advance."
		   return false;
		 } else {
		   return true; 
		 }//if
	  }//if
  }//if
}

function validateForm(form) {
  if ( (dateCheck(form.P_ARRIVEDATE.value,'%m/%d/%yyyy')) ) {
       form.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffffff"
       Message1.innerText = " "
     
	   if (checkDateRange(form.P_ARRIVEDATE.value)==false) {
	      return false;
	   } else {
		  return true;
	   }//if
	
  } else {
       form.P_ARRIVEDATE.style.backgroundColor = "#ffcccc"
       Message1.innerText = "Invalid Date Format.  Please use (m/d/yyyy)."
       form.P_ARRIVEDATE.focus()
       form.P_ARRIVEDATE.select()
       return false;
  }//if   
}