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Convert PHP date() style dateFormat to the equivalent jQuery UI datepicker string

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This is a simple bit of code that allows you to do a write once date format in a PHP style date() format and convert it to be used by datepicker jQuery UI widget. It returns the converted string.\r\n\r\nNothing fancy here, but a time saver for the future.\r\n\r\nCould use improvement such as error handling for common PHP dateFormat string values that do not have an equivalent UI portion. Potentially make this a two way conversion. Add more available options.

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  1. function dateStringToDatepickerFormat($dateString)
  2. {
  3. 	$pattern = array(
  4.  
  5. 		//day
  6. 		'd',		//day of the month
  7. 		'j',		//3 letter name of the day
  8. 		'l',		//full name of the day
  9. 		'z',		//day of the year
  10.  
  11. 		//month
  12. 		'F',		//Month name full
  13. 		'M',		//Month name short
  14. 		'n',		//numeric month no leading zeros
  15. 		'm',		//numeric month leading zeros
  16.  
  17. 		//year
  18. 		'Y', 		//full numeric year
  19. 		'y'		//numeric year: 2 digit
  20. 	);
  21. 	$replace = array(
  22. 		'dd','d','DD','o',
  23. 		'MM','M','m','mm',
  24. 		'yy','y'
  25. 	);
  26. 	foreach($pattern as &$p)
  27. 	{
  28. 		$p = '/'.$p.'/';
  29. 	}
  30. 	return preg_replace($pattern,$replace,$dateString);
  31. }

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