to select by date (month, day, year) and jump to an event in TimelineJS

timelinejs_jumptime.js

function jumpTime(type,value) {
var model = VMM.Timeline.DataObj.data_template_obj.timeline.date; 
var x = -1; //
$(model).each(function(i,j) {
var currentDate = j.startDate.split('/');
if (currentDate[type] == value ) {
x++;
if (x == 0) {
window.location.hash = i+1 // +1 to accommodate title slide count
}
}
});
}