With minor modifications I was able to achieve my goal with the sample code that you provided. So that I do not feel compelled to ask this question could you confirm or disconfirm whether the below statement is correct.
In order to create a jQuery method from a JavaScript function not encoded in jQuery perform the following transformation. (function($) { $.fn.nameOfFunction = function( ) {JSCode} })(jQuery); where nameOfFunction is the name of the JavaScript function not encoded in jQuery, and where JSCode is the code block of nameOfFunction If this is correct, then is the following statement also true? It is correct to employ a function written in JavaScript, but not encoded as a jQuery method in a jQuery function provided that it is not called by a jQuery method or function? I ask this because the following worked code worked: $(document).ready(function() { startTime(); $('#today').toDate(); }); where toDate() is my new jQuery method, and where startTime() is a JS function not encoded as a jQuery method. Roddy