I have array of dates in sql format. So dates[0]="2001-01-01", I need to format it in format: "1-Jan-12". As I found it here it should work like this.
tmpDate=Date.parse(dates[0]);
var date=tmpDate.format("dd-mm-yy");
it says: Uncaught TypeError: Object 978307200000 has no method 'format' So type of my object is string however it should be date.
console.log($.type(tmpDate));
Also says "number". Why?
Sometimes it is simpler to use plain javascript without plugins or 3rd party libraries. If that is what you are going for, there is some great documentation of the Date object and methods at http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp.
Here is the simplest way to do this in javascript from http://jsfiddle.net/bbankes/pVU24/
var monthAbbreviations = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
var dates = ['2001-01-01'];
var tmpDate = new Date(dates[0]);
var day = tmpDate.getUTCDate();
var mo = monthAbbreviations[tmpDate.getUTCMonth()];
var yr = String(tmpDate.getUTCFullYear()).substring(2,4);
var formattedDate = day + '-' + mo + '-' + yr;
According to W3 Schools, Date.parse() returns the number of milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970. Thus you are getting back a number.
I think you are looking for this:
tmpDate = new Date (dates [0]);
