How to add each array element into aN array?

Question

By using JS, I am trying to get a 2d array where I have an array as shown below :

 array [ "2016/03/31", "2016/03/30", "2016/03/29", "2016/03/28", "2016/03/27", "2016/04/01"]

Looking for output as

 array [
 {'date':'2016/03/22'}, 
 {'date':'2016/03/23'},
 {'date':'2016/03/24'},
 {'date':'2016/03/25'},
 {'date':'2016/03/26'},
 {'date':'2016/03/27'}, 
 {'date':'2016/03/28'},
 {'date':'2016/03/29'}
 ];

JS

 function getarryDates (list)
 {
 var aryDates = [];
 var Dates_ary = [];
 $.each(list, function(i, e) { 
 Dates_ary[0] = aryDates.push("'date:'"+ e); 
 });
 return Dates_ary;
 }

Answer 1

You can use Array.prototype.map()

Try like this

var newList=list.map(function(x){ return {'date':x} })

DEMO

Answer 2

If you want to do it with minimal changes, you can do this:

function getarryDates (list)
{
 var aryDates = [];
 var Dates_ary = [];
 $.each(list, function(i, e) { 
 Dates_ary[i] = {"date": e }; // <-- use index 'i' and 
 // create object instead of str.
 });
 return Dates_ary;
 }

However, the solution with map is better: it is DRY, easier to understand and easier to maintain.