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parsedate.js
function parseDate(date) {
var months = ['Jan.', 'Feb.', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'Aug.', 'Sept.', 'Oct.', 'Nov.', 'Dec.'];
// get date (no time)
var justDate = date.split('T');
var dateSplit = justDate[0].split('-');
// format date and year
var newDate = new Date(dateSplit[0],dateSplit[1]-1,dateSplit[2]),
day = newDate.getDate(),
year = newDate.getFullYear(),
month = months[newDate.getMonth()],
date = month + ' ' + day + ', ' + year;
// insert into dom
$('#last-updated').text(date);
};
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