java script: you can use this code to display todays date anywhere on page ,insert code where you want it to appear, enclose code between script and script tags
varDays = newArray(`sun',`mon',`teu',`wed',`thu',`fri',`sat');
varMonths = newArray(`Jan',`feb',`mar',`apr',`may',`jun',`jul',`aug',`sep',`oct',`nov',`dec',);
varDate = newDate ();
var weekDay = days[d.getDay()];
var Month = months[d.getMonth()];
var day = d.getdate();
var year = d.getyear();
var suffix = `th';
if(day==1) suffix=`st';
else if(day==2) suffix=`nd,';
else if(day==3) suffix=`rd';
document.write(weekday+',`+day+suffix+',`+month+',`+year);
Display message in status bar
window.status = `Welcome to my Site.';
to use both above codes in status bar replace document.write with window.status