function welcome(lang)
 {
 datetoday = new Date();
 timenow=datetoday.getTime();
 datetoday.setTime(timenow);
 thehour = datetoday.getHours();
 switch (lang) 
{
case "DE": break;
case "EN": 
{ if (thehour > 18) display = "Evening";
 else if (thehour >12) display = "Afternoon";
 else display = "Morning";
 var greeting = ("Good " + display)
 document.write(greeting+", ");
 break;}
case "ES": break; 
case "FR": 
{ if (thehour > 18) display = "Bonsoir";
 else if (thehour >12) display = "Bonne après-midi";
 else display = "Bonjour";
 var greeting = display;
document.write(greeting+", ");
 break;}
case "IT": 
 {if (thehour > 18) display = "Buona sera";
 else if (thehour >12) display = "Buon pomeriggio";
 else display = "Buongiorno";
 var greeting = display;
document.write(greeting+", ");
 break;}

case "NL": break; 
}
}