Question

I have dates being output in this format: 14-MAR-2011 (DD-MMM-YYYY) for example.

Is it possible, using jQuery to convert this to: 03\11 (MM\YY) ?

Answer 1

Yes.
You can try:

var value = $.datepicker.parseDate("dd-M-yy",date);
return $.datepicker.formatDate("dd\mm",value);

See datepicker API

You just need jquery.ui (maybe you use it…)

but how would I now make your code
work to format all dates say in a div
classed “date”? eg: 14-MAR-2011

Somerthing like that in your jquery script (not tested, but should works after corrected possible bugs ;):

$('.date').each(function(idx,elt) {
  var value = $.datepicker.parseDate("dd-M-yy",$(elt).html());
  $(elt).html($.datepicker.formatDate("dd\mm",value));
});