function ajaxHeader(){
	var ajaxRequest;  
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
     return ajaxRequest;
}
	

function getDistricts(region)
{
  ajaxRequest = ajaxHeader();
    
  ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
    var span = document.getElementById('districtSpan');
    if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
	  span.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
    }
	else
	{
	  span.innerHTML = "Updating Districts";
	}
  }
  
  var parameters = "region=" + region;
  	
  ajaxRequest.open("POST", "districts.php", true)
  ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
  ajaxRequest.send(parameters)
}

function setStartDate(){
  var sdate = document.getElementById('in_date');
  var smonth = document.getElementById('in_month');
  var sdatebox = document.getElementById('avail_start_date');

  sdatebox.value = smonth.value + '-' + sdate.value;
}
/* Set the end date from the select boxes */
function setEndDate(){
  var edate = document.getElementById('out_date');
  var emonth = document.getElementById('out_month');
  var edatebox = document.getElementById('avail_finish_date');

  edatebox.value = emonth.value + '-' + edate.value;
}

function setdates() {

  var newdate = new Date()

  var datein = document.getElementById('in_date');
  datein.selectedIndex = newdate.getDate() -1;
  var monthin = document.getElementById('in_month');
  monthin.selectedIndex = newdate.getMonth();

  var dateout = document.getElementById('out_date');
  dateout.selectedIndex = newdate.getDate()+1;
  var monthout = document.getElementById('out_month');
  monthout.selectedIndex = newdate.getMonth();
  
  
//  alert(datein.selectedIndex);
}