/**
 * @fileOverview    DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL. JS
 *                  Init Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EST.
 *                  Copyright (C) Discovery.com 2008. All Rights Reserved.
 * @name            Fitsum Belay
 */

 
/**
 *    @description    Extracts and returns content of META tag named "launchDate" in YYYYMMDD format	
 *    @param          [string]       metaDate           value returned by this function
 *    @param          [array]	     metas              an array of the current file's META tags	
 */
function getMetaLaunchDate(){
	var metaDate = "";
	var metas = document.getElementsByTagName("meta");
	
	for (i=0; i < metas.length; i++){
		if (metas[i].getAttribute("name") == "launchDate"){
			metaDate = metas[i].getAttribute("content");
		}	
	}
	metaDate = metaDate.split("/");
	metaDate = metaDate[2] + metaDate[0] + metaDate[1];
	return metaDate;
}