Formatting an existing date

JavaScript
1

i’m taking an existing date (twitter feed) and i want to change the formatting. it’s been a while since i’ve messed with dates in javascript.

what i have: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:33:40 +0000

what i want: 1:33pm Feb 26th

i’m Eastern Time (-5).

what can i do with javascript to get this date?

2

//

Date.fromTwit=function(s){
	var d, tz= s.match(/[\\-\\+]\\d{4}$/), 
	day= s.split(/\\W+/),
	d= new Date(day.slice(1, 4).join(' '));

	d.setUTCHours(day[4], day[5], day[6]);
	tz= tz? Number(tz): 0;
	d.setUTCMinutes(d.getUTCMinutes()+tz);
	return d;
}

calling Date.fromTwit(s1) returns a date object.
[B]var s1= ‘Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:33:40 +0000’;

alert(Date.fromTwit(s1).toLocaleString())[/B]>>Friday, February 26, 2010 1:33:40 PM

use the date methods to format it differently.

3

nice, man. thank you.