function getJulian()
	{
	var now = new Date()
	var month = now.getMonth()
	month ++

	var day = now.getDate()

	var lengthOfMonth = [0,31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30]
	var counter = 0
	var julian = 0
	while (counter <month)
		{
		julian = julian + lengthOfMonth[counter]
		counter ++
		}

	julian = julian + day

	return julian
		
	}