Question

I am retrieving a date from an API with format:

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:59:05 +0200 

Note that the above format is a printed as a string and I would like to format it as such:

Thu, 12:59

What would be the easiest way without using jQuery replace() so many times?

Answer 1

Try this–

var st = "Monday, 9 Jan 2012 12:59:05";
var dt = new Date(st);
var m_names = new Array("Sun", "Mon", "Tue","Wed", "Thu","Fri", "Sat");
var dayInNum =dt.getDay();
var desireDate = m_names[dayInNum] + ","+ dt.getHours() +":"+ dt.getMinutes();
alert(desireDate);