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jquery-dateFormat - it’s a jQuery Plugin that I made to formatting java.util.Date.toString output using JavaScript

This plugin is also available on jQuery Plugin page

plugins.jquery.com/project/jquery-dateFormat

Blog post to explain the plugin usage

pablocantero.com/blog/2010/09/04/jquery-plugin-javascript-for-java-util-date-tostring-format/

Format patterns

The patterns to formatting are based on java.text.SimpleDateFormat

download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Date and time patterns

  • yy = short year

  • yyyy = long year

  • M = month (1-12)

  • MM = month (01-12)

  • MMM = month abbreviation (Jan, Feb … Dec)

  • MMMM = long month (January, February … December)

  • d = day (1 - 31)

  • dd = day (01 - 31)

  • ddd = day of the week in words (Monday, Tuesday … Sunday)

  • h = hour in am/pm (0-12)

  • hh = hour in am/pm (00-12)

  • HH = hour in day (00-23)

  • mm = minute

  • ss = second

  • SSS = milliseconds

  • a = am/pm marker

Expected input dates formats

  • 2009-12-18 10:54:50.546 (default java.util.Date.toString output)

  • Wed Jan 13 10:43:41 CET 2010 (???)

  • 2010-10-19T11:40:33.527+02:00 (default JAXB formatting of java.util.Date)

  • Sat Mar 05 2011 11:47:35 GMT-0300 (BRT) (default JavaScript new Date().toString() output)

  • Unix Timestamp (e.g. (new Date()).getTime())

Examples

Formatting using css classes

<span class="shortDateFormat">2009-12-18 10:54:50.546</span>
<span class="longDateFormat">2009-12-18 10:54:50.546</span>

The default shortDateFormat and longDateFormat are defined in the variables

jQuery.format.date.defaultShortDateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy";
jQuery.format.date.defaultLongDateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss";

output

#1 18/12/2009
#2 18/12/2009 10:54:50

Formatting using JavaScript

<script>
  document.write($.format.date("2009-12-18 10:54:50.546", "Test: dd/MM/yyyy"));
  document.write($.format.date("Wed Jan 13 10:43:41 CET 2010", "dd~MM~yyyy"));
</script>

output

#1 Test: 18/12/2009
#2 18~12~2009

Test

This plugin was developed using jsunittest.com

Open Test.html in Firefox to run the entire test suite

Do you want to improve jquery-dateFormat

You’re welcome to make your contributions and send them as a pull request

Licenses

This plugin is licensed under:

MIT License GPL

Contributors

Thanks to albertjan, christopherstott, cipa, dahdread, docchang, eemeyer, gwilson2151, jafin, jakemonO, jharting, kitto, larryzhao, leesolutions, nashg842, fuzzygroove, stuttufu, thiloplanz, Zyber17.