convert dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in javascript

Question

I want to convert dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in javascript.

Answer 1

Try this example where a regular expression is used to find and switch the parts of the string:

var d1 = "03/25/2011";
var d2 = d1.replace(/^(\d{1,2}\/)(\d{1,2}\/)(\d{4})$/,"$2$1$3");
alert("d1:"+d1 +"\n d2:"+d2 )

/* 
// OUTPUT

  d1: 03/25/2011
  d2: 25/03/2011

*/

EDIT:

I noticed that no other answer is using regular expression and I really wonder why... :)