converting a date to european format

Question

I am writing a script for automating XML data in Indesign. I currently have in the XML the date in American Format (MM/D/YY) but once I run the script in Indesign my goal is to have it be in European format (DD/M/YY). What can I add to my script in order to write a function that will convert any date formats to european formats? I hope this makes sense. I need help!

Answer 1

i guess simply using

function convertDate(dateString) {
    var date = new Date(dateString);
    return date.getDate()+"/"+(date.getMonth() + 1)+"/"+date.getFullYear();
}

just note european format does not use slashes but dots as far as i know so it should look like this dd.mm.yyyy not dd/mm/yyyy becouse it can be mismatched with us format

Answer 2

var myDate = new Date('myDateString'); //you can also do milliseconds instead of the date string
var myEuroDate = myDate.getDate() + '/' + myDate.getMonth + '/' + myDate.getFullYear();

Useful as well... http://arshaw.com/xdate/