window.onload=loader;

function loader()
{
	doDate();
	// add any other functions to do on load here
	// ...
}

function doDate()
{
	var d = new Date();
	// getMonth returns 0-11, so add 1 to get 1-12
	document.getElementById("todaysdate").value=
		(d.getMonth()+1)+'/'+d.getDate()+'/'+d.getFullYear();
}