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Date.prototype.setISO8601()
// from http://delete.me.uk/2005/03/iso8601.html
Date.prototype.setISO8601 = function (string) {
var regexp = "([0-9]{4})(-([0-9]{2})(-([0-9]{2})" +
"(T([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})(:([0-9]{2})(\.([0-9]+))?)?" +
"(Z|(([-+])([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})))?)?)?)?";
var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp));
var offset = 0;
var date = new Date(d[1], 0, 1);
if (d[3]) { date.setMonth(d[3] - 1); }
if (d[5]) { date.setDate(d[5]); }
if (d[7]) { date.setHours(d[7]); }
if (d[8]) { date.setMinutes(d[8]); }
if (d[10]) { date.setSeconds(d[10]); }
if (d[12]) { date.setMilliseconds(Number("0." + d[12]) * 1000); }
if (d[14]) {
offset = (Number(d[16]) * 60) + Number(d[17]);
offset *= ((d[15] == '-') ? 1 : -1);
}
offset -= date.getTimezoneOffset();
time = (Number(date) + (offset * 60 * 1000));
this.setTime(Number(time));
}
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"2014-06-12T16:43:28+01:00"
Does not work because milliseconds are dropped, the regex need to be revised in this case
Example (SenchaTouch formatter output):
Ext.DateExtras.format(new Date(), 'c')
"2014-06-12T16:54:43+02:00"

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