The versatile new Uize.Date.format static method provides a way to format a date in a wide variety of different ways.

EXAMPLES

var date = 'Thu Sep 10 2009 18:19:25';

Uize.Date.format (date,'{YY}-{MM}-{DD}');
  // RESULT : 08-02-29

Uize.Date.format (date,'{YYYY}/{MM}/{DD}');
  // RESULT : 2008/02/29

Uize.Date.format (date,'{dayNo}{dayNoSuffix} {monthName} {YYYY}');
  // RESULT : 29th February 2009

The new Uize.Date.getRangeAround static method provides a way to get a "neat" date range of a specified range size around a specified date.

This method can be used to obtain the date range for the week around a specified date, the month around a date, the quarter around a date, the year around a date, etc. The date range is specified by a dateRangeOBJ type value, with minValue and maxValue properties indicating the start date and end date of the date range, respectively.

EXAMPLE

Uize.Date.getRangeAround ('Thu Sep 10 2009 18:19:25','month');
// minValue: Tue Sep 01 2009 00:00:00 (and 0 milliseconds)
// maxValue: Wed Sep 30 2009 23:59:59 (and 999 milliseconds)

The new Uize.Date.inRange static method returns a boolean, indicating whether or not the specified date is within the specified date range.

EXAMPLE

Uize.Date.inRange (             // produces the result false
  '2009/09/23 00:00:00',
  {minValue:'2009/09/23 00:00:01',maxValue:'2009/09/23 23:59:59'}
);

The Uize.Date.resolve static method has been improved with the addition of a new optional defaultDateANYTYPE parameter which lets you specify the default value to be used for when the date value being resolved is '' (empty string), null, or undefined.