Java date format to JavaScript date format

Question

I would like to be able to convert a Java date format string, e.g. dd/MM/yyyy (07/06/2009) to a JavaScript date format string, e.g. dd/mm/yy (07/06/2009).

Answer 1

This JavaScript library should be able to help you.

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/fIsForFormat

(I don't know why they have it as a jQuery Plugin, because it works standalone.)

You'd simply split the original formatted date into its individual elements and then create a new Date Object with those elements. Then, use this library's "Date.f()" method to output it into any format you could want.

For example:

var dateOld = "11/27/2010",
    dateArr = date1.split("/"),
    dateObj = new Date(dateArr[2], dateArr[0], dateArr[1]),
    dateNew = dateObj.f("MMM d, yyyy");

document.write("Old Format: " + dateOld + "
New Format: " + dateNew);