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Date formatting function for Example ballot
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dateformat.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="date"></div>
</body>
</html>
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dateformat.js
// Date formatting function
function dateFormat(input) {
// Turn our input date into a JS Date
var dateIn = new Date(input);
// Array of Month Names
var monthNames = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "June", "July", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ];
// Create return object
var dateOut = {};
// Fill object
dateOut.day = dateIn.getDate();
dateOut.month = monthNames[dateIn.getMonth()];
dateOut.year = dateIn.getFullYear();
// Return the object
return dateOut;
}
// Create a variable of our formatted date object
var eventDate = dateFormat('2014-03-13');
// Push it into the DOM
$('#date').append(eventDate.day + ' ' + eventDate.month);
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