Javascript - JSON date formatting

Question

With some help from some fellow stack users, I currently have this:

http://jsfiddle.net/wZETP/

The JSON data gives me the {start.date} in YYYY-MM-DD formatting, but I would like to know how to implement a date change to:

Mon 01 Jan

• Hamish: So, your real question is how do you format a date in javascript. Try stackoverflow.com/questions/1056728/…

Answer 1

Convert your date string "2012-05-29" to Date object:

var parts = date.split("-");
var d = new Date(parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]);

Then use dateFormat from here:

return d.format("ddd dd mmm");

Working fiddle

• Steve Savoy: I believe you shouldn't need to split on the date variable. You should be able to just pass in date as-is using new Date(date), and it will give you the correct date, assuming you ask for it in UTC.