classic ASP not seeing vbscript - iis

I have to support an old web server developed in classic ASP and VBScript. I am running on Windows 7 with IIS 7.5.
I followed all the instructions on configuring the IIS from this article.
The web page loads, but it looks like the JS doesn't see functions in VBScript.
I have this code:
<%# Language=VBScript %>
<!-- #include file="HebrewMeta_UTF8.jv"-->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../Class.css">
<html>
<head>
<%
Nm=Request("Nm")
%>
<title>my page</title>
</head>
<script LANGUAGE="javascript">
var Nm = "<%=Nm%>";
function onCheckPro() {
nm = window.navigator.appName;
if ((nm.indexOf("Explorer") == "-1") && (nm.indexOf("Netscape") == "-1")){
alert(" Compatibility שינוי הגדרות ");
window.open("http://www.comax.co.il/InstallTools/compatibility-view.reg");
//alert("ניתן להפעיל באקספלורר בלבד");
//return;
}
document.all.fr.src = "CheckLogInPro.asp?Kod=" + escape(Kod.value) + "&Pass=" + escape(Pass.value) + "&Date=" + vbDate();
}
</script>
<script LANGUAGE="vbscript">
function vbDate()
vbDate=Cstr(Day(Date()))+"/"+Cstr(Month(Date()))+"/"+Cstr(Year(Date()))+" "+Cstr(hour(Now()))+":"+Cstr(Minute(Now()))+":"+Cstr(Second(Now()))
end function
</script>
I keep on getting "'vbDate' is undefined".
The script language of the site ASP is set to VBScript.

Not an answer, but three warnings:
vbDate is a predefined data type constant; using it to name a function is asking for trouble.
The string concatenation in VBScript is &, not +.
Volatile functions like Date() or Now() shouldn't be used more than once in an expression.
Update wrt comment:
People who like to live dangerously should look at:
WScript.Echo vbDate(), checkType(Now())
Function vbDate()
vbDate = "vbDate is a predefined constant: >" & vbDate & "<"
End Function
Function checkType(x)
Select Case VarType(x)
Case vbDate
checkType = x & " is a date"
Case Else
checkType = x & " is an abomination"
End Select
End Function
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cscript xvbdate.vbs
vbDate is a predefined constant: >< 11/14/2014 3:48:17 PM is an abomination
output after changing the function's name:
cscript xvbdate.vbs
vbDate is a predefined constant: >7< 11/14/2014 3:56:57 PM is a date

before using any variable you should give a data type to that variable
dim or var
vbDate
vbDate=Cstr(Day(Date()))+"/"+Cstr(Month(Date()))+"/"+Cstr(Year(Date()))+" "+Cstr(hour(Now()))+":"+Cstr(Minute(Now()))+":"+Cstr(Second(Now()))

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