    /**
     * @class Date
     *
     * The date parsing and formatting syntax contains a subset of
     * <a href="http://www.php.net/date">PHP's date() function</a>, and the formats that are
     * supported will provide results equivalent to their PHP versions.
     *
     * The following is a list of all currently supported formats:
     * <pre>
    Format  Description                                                               Example returned values
    ------  -----------------------------------------------------------------------   -----------------------
      d     Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros                             01 to 31
      D     A short textual representation of the day of the week                     Mon to Sun
      j     Day of the month without leading zeros                                    1 to 31
      l     A full textual representation of the day of the week                      Sunday to Saturday
      N     ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week                    1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
      S     English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters             st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
      w     Numeric representation of the day of the week                             0 (for Sunday) to 6 (for Saturday)
      z     The day of the year (starting from 0)                                     0 to 364 (365 in leap years)
      W     ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday                    01 to 53
      F     A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March        January to December
      m     Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros                     01 to 12
      M     A short textual representation of a month                                 Jan to Dec
      n     Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros                  1 to 12
      t     Number of days in the given month                                         28 to 31
      L     Whether it's a leap year                                                  1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
      o     ISO-8601 year number (identical to (Y), but if the ISO week number (W)    Examples: 1998 or 2004
            belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead)
      Y     A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits                         Examples: 1999 or 2003
      y     A two digit representation of a year                                      Examples: 99 or 03
      a     Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem                                 am or pm
      A     Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem                                 AM or PM
      g     12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros                           1 to 12
      G     24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros                           0 to 23
      h     12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros                              01 to 12
      H     24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros                              00 to 23
      i     Minutes, with leading zeros                                               00 to 59
      s     Seconds, with leading zeros                                               00 to 59
      u     Decimal fraction of a second                                              Examples:
            (minimum 1 digit, arbitrary number of digits allowed)                     001 (i.e. 0.001s) or
                                                                                      100 (i.e. 0.100s) or
                                                                                      999 (i.e. 0.999s) or
                                                                                      999876543210 (i.e. 0.999876543210s)
      O     Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours and minutes                   Example: +1030
      P     Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes   Example: -08:00
      T     Timezone abbreviation of the machine running the code                     Examples: EST, MDT, PDT ...
      Z     Timezone offset in seconds (negative if west of UTC, positive if east)    -43200 to 50400
      c     ISO 8601 date
            Notes:                                                                    Examples:
            1) If unspecified, the month / day defaults to the current month / day,   1991 or
               the time defaults to midnight, while the timezone defaults to the      1992-10 or
               browser's timezone. If a time is specified, it must include both hours 1993-09-20 or
               and minutes. The "T" delimiter, seconds, milliseconds and timezone     1994-08-19T16:20+01:00 or
               are optional.                                                          1995-07-18T17:21:28-02:00 or
            2) The decimal fraction of a second, if specified, must contain at        1996-06-17T18:22:29.98765+03:00 or
               least 1 digit (there is no limit to the maximum number                 1997-05-16T19:23:30,12345-0400 or
               of digits allowed), and may be delimited by either a '.' or a ','      1998-04-15T20:24:31.2468Z or
            Refer to the examples on the right for the various levels of              1999-03-14T20:24:32Z or
            date-time granularity which are supported, or see                         2000-02-13T21:25:33
            http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime for more info.                         2001-01-12 22:26:34
      U     Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)                1193432466 or -2138434463
      M$    Microsoft AJAX serialized dates                                           \/Date(1238606590509)\/ (i.e. UTC milliseconds since epoch) or
                                                                                      \/Date(1238606590509+0800)\/
    </pre>
     *
     * Example usage (note that you must escape format specifiers with '\\' to render them as character literals):
     * <pre><code>
    // Sample date:
    // 'Wed Jan 10 2007 15:05:01 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)'

    var dt = new Date('1/10/2007 03:05:01 PM GMT-0600');
    document.write(dt.format('Y-m-d'));                           // 2007-01-10
    document.write(dt.format('F j, Y, g:i a'));                   // January 10, 2007, 3:05 pm
    document.write(dt.format('l, \\t\\he jS \\of F Y h:i:s A'));  // Wednesday, the 10th of January 2007 03:05:01 PM
    </code></pre>
     *
     * Here are some standard date/time patterns that you might find helpful.  They
     * are not part of the source of Date.js, but to use them you can simply copy this
     * block of code into any script that is included after Date.js and they will also become
     * globally available on the Date object.  Feel free to add or remove patterns as needed in your code.
     * <pre><code>
    Date.patterns = {
        ISO8601Long:"Y-m-d H:i:s",
        ISO8601Short:"Y-m-d",
        ShortDate: "n/j/Y",
        LongDate: "l, F d, Y",
        FullDateTime: "l, F d, Y g:i:s A",
        MonthDay: "F d",
        ShortTime: "g:i A",
        LongTime: "g:i:s A",
        SortableDateTime: "Y-m-d\\TH:i:s",
        UniversalSortableDateTime: "Y-m-d H:i:sO",
        YearMonth: "F, Y"
    };
    </code></pre>
     *
     * Example usage:
     * <pre><code>
    var dt = new Date();
    document.write(dt.format(Date.patterns.ShortDate));
    </code></pre>
     * <p>Developer-written, custom formats may be used by supplying both a formatting and a parsing function
     * which perform to specialized requirements. The functions are stored in {@link #parseFunctions} and {@link #formatFunctions}.</p>
     */

    /*
     * Most of the date-formatting functions below are the excellent work of Baron Schwartz.
     * (see http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2005/12/12/javascript-closures-for-runtime-efficiency/)
     * They generate precompiled functions from format patterns instead of parsing and
     * processing each pattern every time a date is formatted. These functions are available
     * on every Date object.
     */

    (function() {

    /**
     * Global flag which determines if strict date parsing should be used.
     * Strict date parsing will not roll-over invalid dates, which is the
     * default behaviour of javascript Date objects.
     * (see {@link #parseDate} for more information)
     * Defaults to <tt>false</tt>.
     * @static
     * @type Boolean
    */
    Date.useStrict = false;

    // create private copy of Ext's String.format() method
    // - to remove unnecessary dependency
    // - to resolve namespace conflict with M$-Ajax's implementation
    function xf(format) {
        var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
        return format.replace(/\{(\d+)\}/g, function(m, i) {
            return args[i];
        });
    }

    // private
    Date.formatCodeToRegex = function(character, currentGroup) {
        // Note: currentGroup - position in regex result array (see notes for Date.parseCodes below)
        var p = Date.parseCodes[character];

        if (p) {
          p = typeof p == 'function'? p() : p;
          Date.parseCodes[character] = p; // reassign function result to prevent repeated execution
        }

        return p ? Ext.applyIf({
          c: p.c ? xf(p.c, currentGroup || "{0}") : p.c
        }, p) : {
            g:0,
            c:null,
            s:Ext.escapeRe(character) // treat unrecognised characters as literals
        };
    };

    // private shorthand for Date.formatCodeToRegex since we'll be using it fairly often
    var $f = Date.formatCodeToRegex;

    Ext.apply(Date, {
        /**
         * <p>An object hash in which each property is a date parsing function. The property name is the
         * format string which that function parses.</p>
         * <p>This object is automatically populated with date parsing functions as
         * date formats are requested for Ext standard formatting strings.</p>
         * <p>Custom parsing functions may be inserted into this object, keyed by a name which from then on
         * may be used as a format string to {@link #parseDate}.<p>
         * <p>Example:</p><pre><code>
    Date.parseFunctions['x-date-format'] = myDateParser;
    </code></pre>
         * <p>A parsing function should return a Date object, and is passed the following parameters:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
         * <li><code>date</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The date string to parse.</div></li>
         * <li><code>strict</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">True to validate date strings while parsing
         * (i.e. prevent javascript Date "rollover") (The default must be false).
         * Invalid date strings should return null when parsed.</div></li>
         * </ul></div></p>
         * <p>To enable Dates to also be <i>formatted</i> according to that format, a corresponding
         * formatting function must be placed into the {@link #formatFunctions} property.
         * @property parseFunctions
         * @static
         * @type Object
         */
        parseFunctions: {
            "M$": function(input, strict) {
                // note: the timezone offset is ignored since the M$ Ajax server sends
                // a UTC milliseconds-since-Unix-epoch value (negative values are allowed)
                var re = new RegExp('\\/Date\\(([-+])?(\\d+)(?:[+-]\\d{4})?\\)\\/');
                var r = (input || '').match(re);
                return r? new Date(((r[1] || '') + r[2]) * 1) : null;
            }
        },
        parseRegexes: [],

        /**
         * <p>An object hash in which each property is a date formatting function. The property name is the
         * format string which corresponds to the produced formatted date string.</p>
         * <p>This object is automatically populated with date formatting functions as
         * date formats are requested for Ext standard formatting strings.</p>
         * <p>Custom formatting functions may be inserted into this object, keyed by a name which from then on
         * may be used as a format string to {@link #format}. Example:</p><pre><code>
    Date.formatFunctions['x-date-format'] = myDateFormatter;
    </code></pre>
         * <p>A formatting function should return a string representation of the passed Date object, and is passed the following parameters:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
         * <li><code>date</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">The Date to format.</div></li>
         * </ul></div></p>
         * <p>To enable date strings to also be <i>parsed</i> according to that format, a corresponding
         * parsing function must be placed into the {@link #parseFunctions} property.
         * @property formatFunctions
         * @static
         * @type Object
         */
        formatFunctions: {
            "M$": function() {
                // UTC milliseconds since Unix epoch (M$-AJAX serialized date format (MRSF))
                return '\\/Date(' + this.getTime() + ')\\/';
            }
        },

        y2kYear : 50,

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        MILLI : "ms",

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        SECOND : "s",

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        MINUTE : "mi",

        /** Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        HOUR : "h",

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        DAY : "d",

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        MONTH : "mo",

        /**
         * Date interval constant
         * @static
         * @type String
         */
        YEAR : "y",

        /**
         * <p>An object hash containing default date values used during date parsing.</p>
         * <p>The following properties are available:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
         * <li><code>y</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default year value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>m</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default 1-based month value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>d</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default day value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>h</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default hour value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>i</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default minute value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>s</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default second value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * <li><code>ms</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default millisecond value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
         * </ul></div></p>
         * <p>Override these properties to customize the default date values used by the {@link #parseDate} method.</p>
         * <p><b>Note: In countries which experience Daylight Saving Time (i.e. DST), the <tt>h</tt>, <tt>i</tt>, <tt>s</tt>
         * and <tt>ms</tt> properties may coincide with the exact time in which DST takes effect.
         * It is the responsiblity of the developer to account for this.</b></p>
         * Example Usage:
         * <pre><code>
    // set default day value to the first day of the month
    Date.defaults.d = 1;

    // parse a February date string containing only year and month values.
    // setting the default day value to 1 prevents weird date rollover issues
    // when attempting to parse the following date string on, for example, March 31st 2009.
    Date.parseDate('2009-02', 'Y-m'); // returns a Date object representing February 1st 2009
    </code></pre>
         * @property defaults
         * @static
         * @type Object
         */
        defaults: {},

        /**
         * An array of textual day names.
         * Override these values for international dates.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    Date.dayNames = [
        'SundayInYourLang',
        'MondayInYourLang',
        ...
    ];
    </code></pre>
         * @type Array
         * @static
         */
        dayNames : [
            "Sunday",
            "Monday",
            "Tuesday",
            "Wednesday",
            "Thursday",
            "Friday",
            "Saturday"
        ],

        /**
         * An array of textual month names.
         * Override these values for international dates.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    Date.monthNames = [
        'JanInYourLang',
        'FebInYourLang',
        ...
    ];
    </code></pre>
         * @type Array
         * @static
         */
        monthNames : [
            "January",
            "February",
            "March",
            "April",
            "May",
            "June",
            "July",
            "August",
            "September",
            "October",
            "November",
            "December"
        ],

        /**
         * An object hash of zero-based javascript month numbers (with short month names as keys. note: keys are case-sensitive).
         * Override these values for international dates.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    Date.monthNumbers = {
        'ShortJanNameInYourLang':0,
        'ShortFebNameInYourLang':1,
        ...
    };
    </code></pre>
         * @type Object
         * @static
         */
        monthNumbers : {
            Jan:0,
            Feb:1,
            Mar:2,
            Apr:3,
            May:4,
            Jun:5,
            Jul:6,
            Aug:7,
            Sep:8,
            Oct:9,
            Nov:10,
            Dec:11
        },

        /**
         * Get the short month name for the given month number.
         * Override this function for international dates.
         * @param {Number} month A zero-based javascript month number.
         * @return {String} The short month name.
         * @static
         */
        getShortMonthName : function(month) {
            return Date.monthNames[month].substring(0, 3);
        },

        /**
         * Get the short day name for the given day number.
         * Override this function for international dates.
         * @param {Number} day A zero-based javascript day number.
         * @return {String} The short day name.
         * @static
         */
        getShortDayName : function(day) {
            return Date.dayNames[day].substring(0, 3);
        },

        /**
         * Get the zero-based javascript month number for the given short/full month name.
         * Override this function for international dates.
         * @param {String} name The short/full month name.
         * @return {Number} The zero-based javascript month number.
         * @static
         */
        getMonthNumber : function(name) {
            // handle camel casing for english month names (since the keys for the Date.monthNumbers hash are case sensitive)
            return Date.monthNumbers[name.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + name.substring(1, 3).toLowerCase()];
        },

        /**
         * Checks if the specified format contains hour information
         * @param {Object} format The format to check
         * @return {Boolean} True if the format contains hour information
         * @static
         */
        formatContainsHourInfo : (function(){
            var stripEscapeRe = /(\\.)/g,
                hourInfoRe = /([gGhHisucUOPZ]|M\$)/;
            return function(format){
                return hourInfoRe.test(format.replace(stripEscapeRe, ''));
            };
        })(),

        /**
         * The base format-code to formatting-function hashmap used by the {@link #format} method.
         * Formatting functions are strings (or functions which return strings) which
         * will return the appropriate value when evaluated in the context of the Date object
         * from which the {@link #format} method is called.
         * Add to / override these mappings for custom date formatting.
         * Note: Date.format() treats characters as literals if an appropriate mapping cannot be found.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    Date.formatCodes.x = "String.leftPad(this.getDate(), 2, '0')";
    (new Date()).format("X"); // returns the current day of the month
    </code></pre>
         * @type Object
         * @static
         */
        formatCodes : {
            d: "String.leftPad(this.getDate(), 2, '0')",
            D: "Date.getShortDayName(this.getDay())", // get localised short day name
            j: "this.getDate()",
            l: "Date.dayNames[this.getDay()]",
            N: "(this.getDay() ? this.getDay() : 7)",
            S: "this.getSuffix()",
            w: "this.getDay()",
            z: "this.getDayOfYear()",
            W: "String.leftPad(this.getWeekOfYear(), 2, '0')",
            F: "Date.monthNames[this.getMonth()]",
            m: "String.leftPad(this.getMonth() + 1, 2, '0')",
            M: "Date.getShortMonthName(this.getMonth())", // get localised short month name
            n: "(this.getMonth() + 1)",
            t: "this.getDaysInMonth()",
            L: "(this.isLeapYear() ? 1 : 0)",
            o: "(this.getFullYear() + (this.getWeekOfYear() == 1 && this.getMonth() > 0 ? +1 : (this.getWeekOfYear() >= 52 && this.getMonth() < 11 ? -1 : 0)))",
            Y: "String.leftPad(this.getFullYear(), 4, '0')",
            y: "('' + this.getFullYear()).substring(2, 4)",
            a: "(this.getHours() < 12 ? 'am' : 'pm')",
            A: "(this.getHours() < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM')",
            g: "((this.getHours() % 12) ? this.getHours() % 12 : 12)",
            G: "this.getHours()",
            h: "String.leftPad((this.getHours() % 12) ? this.getHours() % 12 : 12, 2, '0')",
            H: "String.leftPad(this.getHours(), 2, '0')",
            i: "String.leftPad(this.getMinutes(), 2, '0')",
            s: "String.leftPad(this.getSeconds(), 2, '0')",
            u: "String.leftPad(this.getMilliseconds(), 3, '0')",
            O: "this.getGMTOffset()",
            P: "this.getGMTOffset(true)",
            T: "this.getTimezone()",
            Z: "(this.getTimezoneOffset() * -60)",

            c: function() { // ISO-8601 -- GMT format
                for (var c = "Y-m-dTH:i:sP", code = [], i = 0, l = c.length; i < l; ++i) {
                    var e = c.charAt(i);
                    code.push(e == "T" ? "'T'" : Date.getFormatCode(e)); // treat T as a character literal
                }
                return code.join(" + ");
            },
            /*
            c: function() { // ISO-8601 -- UTC format
                return [
                  "this.getUTCFullYear()", "'-'",
                  "String.leftPad(this.getUTCMonth() + 1, 2, '0')", "'-'",
                  "String.leftPad(this.getUTCDate(), 2, '0')",
                  "'T'",
                  "String.leftPad(this.getUTCHours(), 2, '0')", "':'",
                  "String.leftPad(this.getUTCMinutes(), 2, '0')", "':'",
                  "String.leftPad(this.getUTCSeconds(), 2, '0')",
                  "'Z'"
                ].join(" + ");
            },
            */

            U: "Math.round(this.getTime() / 1000)"
        },

        /**
         * Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".
         * @param {Number} year 4-digit year
         * @param {Number} month 1-based month-of-year
         * @param {Number} day Day of month
         * @param {Number} hour (optional) Hour
         * @param {Number} minute (optional) Minute
         * @param {Number} second (optional) Second
         * @param {Number} millisecond (optional) Millisecond
         * @return {Boolean} true if the passed parameters do not cause a Date "rollover", false otherwise.
         * @static
         */
        isValid : function(y, m, d, h, i, s, ms) {
            // setup defaults
            h = h || 0;
            i = i || 0;
            s = s || 0;
            ms = ms || 0;

            // Special handling for year < 100
            var dt = new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, m - 1, d, h, i, s, ms).add(Date.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);

            return y == dt.getFullYear() &&
                m == dt.getMonth() + 1 &&
                d == dt.getDate() &&
                h == dt.getHours() &&
                i == dt.getMinutes() &&
                s == dt.getSeconds() &&
                ms == dt.getMilliseconds();
        },

        /**
         * Parses the passed string using the specified date format.
         * Note that this function expects normal calendar dates, meaning that months are 1-based (i.e. 1 = January).
         * The {@link #defaults} hash will be used for any date value (i.e. year, month, day, hour, minute, second or millisecond)
         * which cannot be found in the passed string. If a corresponding default date value has not been specified in the {@link #defaults} hash,
         * the current date's year, month, day or DST-adjusted zero-hour time value will be used instead.
         * Keep in mind that the input date string must precisely match the specified format string
         * in order for the parse operation to be successful (failed parse operations return a null value).
         * <p>Example:</p><pre><code>
    //dt = Fri May 25 2007 (current date)
    var dt = new Date();

    //dt = Thu May 25 2006 (today&#39;s month/day in 2006)
    dt = Date.parseDate("2006", "Y");

    //dt = Sun Jan 15 2006 (all date parts specified)
    dt = Date.parseDate("2006-01-15", "Y-m-d");

    //dt = Sun Jan 15 2006 15:20:01
    dt = Date.parseDate("2006-01-15 3:20:01 PM", "Y-m-d g:i:s A");

    // attempt to parse Sun Feb 29 2006 03:20:01 in strict mode
    dt = Date.parseDate("2006-02-29 03:20:01", "Y-m-d H:i:s", true); // returns null
    </code></pre>
         * @param {String} input The raw date string.
         * @param {String} format The expected date string format.
         * @param {Boolean} strict (optional) True to validate date strings while parsing (i.e. prevents javascript Date "rollover")
                            (defaults to false). Invalid date strings will return null when parsed.
         * @return {Date} The parsed Date.
         * @static
         */
        parseDate : function(input, format, strict) {
            var p = Date.parseFunctions;
            if (p[format] == null) {
                Date.createParser(format);
            }
            return p[format](input, Ext.isDefined(strict) ? strict : Date.useStrict);
        },

        // private
        getFormatCode : function(character) {
            var f = Date.formatCodes[character];

            if (f) {
              f = typeof f == 'function'? f() : f;
              Date.formatCodes[character] = f; // reassign function result to prevent repeated execution
            }

            // note: unknown characters are treated as literals
            return f || ("'" + String.escape(character) + "'");
        },

        // private
        createFormat : function(format) {
            var code = [],
                special = false,
                ch = '';

            for (var i = 0; i < format.length; ++i) {
                ch = format.charAt(i);
                if (!special && ch == "\\") {
                    special = true;
                } else if (special) {
                    special = false;
                    code.push("'" + String.escape(ch) + "'");
                } else {
                    code.push(Date.getFormatCode(ch));
                }
            }
            Date.formatFunctions[format] = new Function("return " + code.join('+'));
        },

        // private
        createParser : function() {
            var code = [
                "var dt, y, m, d, h, i, s, ms, o, z, zz, u, v,",
                    "def = Date.defaults,",
                    "results = String(input).match(Date.parseRegexes[{0}]);", // either null, or an array of matched strings

                "if(results){",
                    "{1}",

                    "if(u != null){", // i.e. unix time is defined
                        "v = new Date(u * 1000);", // give top priority to UNIX time
                    "}else{",
                        // create Date object representing midnight of the current day;
                        // this will provide us with our date defaults
                        // (note: clearTime() handles Daylight Saving Time automatically)
                        "dt = (new Date()).clearTime();",

                        // date calculations (note: these calculations create a dependency on Ext.num())
                        "y = Ext.num(y, Ext.num(def.y, dt.getFullYear()));",
                        "m = Ext.num(m, Ext.num(def.m - 1, dt.getMonth()));",
                        "d = Ext.num(d, Ext.num(def.d, dt.getDate()));",

                        // time calculations (note: these calculations create a dependency on Ext.num())
                        "h  = Ext.num(h, Ext.num(def.h, dt.getHours()));",
                        "i  = Ext.num(i, Ext.num(def.i, dt.getMinutes()));",
                        "s  = Ext.num(s, Ext.num(def.s, dt.getSeconds()));",
                        "ms = Ext.num(ms, Ext.num(def.ms, dt.getMilliseconds()));",

                        "if(z >= 0 && y >= 0){",
                            // both the year and zero-based day of year are defined and >= 0.
                            // these 2 values alone provide sufficient info to create a full date object

                            // create Date object representing January 1st for the given year
                            // handle years < 100 appropriately
                            "v = new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, 0, 1, h, i, s, ms).add(Date.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);",

                            // then add day of year, checking for Date "rollover" if necessary
                            "v = !strict? v : (strict === true && (z <= 364 || (v.isLeapYear() && z <= 365))? v.add(Date.DAY, z) : null);",
                        "}else if(strict === true && !Date.isValid(y, m + 1, d, h, i, s, ms)){", // check for Date "rollover"
                            "v = null;", // invalid date, so return null
                        "}else{",
                            // plain old Date object
                            // handle years < 100 properly
                            "v = new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, m, d, h, i, s, ms).add(Date.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);",
                        "}",
                    "}",
                "}",

                "if(v){",
                    // favour UTC offset over GMT offset
                    "if(zz != null){",
                        // reset to UTC, then add offset
                        "v = v.add(Date.SECOND, -v.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 - zz);",
                    "}else if(o){",
                        // reset to GMT, then add offset
                        "v = v.add(Date.MINUTE, -v.getTimezoneOffset() + (sn == '+'? -1 : 1) * (hr * 60 + mn));",
                    "}",
                "}",

                "return v;"
            ].join('\n');

            return function(format) {
                var regexNum = Date.parseRegexes.length,
                    currentGroup = 1,
                    calc = [],
                    regex = [],
                    special = false,
                    ch = "",
                    i = 0,
                    obj,
                    last;

                for (; i < format.length; ++i) {
                    ch = format.charAt(i);
                    if (!special && ch == "\\") {
                        special = true;
                    } else if (special) {
                        special = false;
                        regex.push(String.escape(ch));
                    } else {
                        obj = $f(ch, currentGroup);
                        currentGroup += obj.g;
                        regex.push(obj.s);
                        if (obj.g && obj.c) {
                            if (obj.calcLast) {
                                last = obj.c;
                            } else {
                                calc.push(obj.c);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (last) {
                    calc.push(last);
                }

                Date.parseRegexes[regexNum] = new RegExp("^" + regex.join('') + "$", 'i');
                Date.parseFunctions[format] = new Function("input", "strict", xf(code, regexNum, calc.join('')));
            };
        }(),

        // private
        parseCodes : {
            /*
             * Notes:
             * g = {Number} calculation group (0 or 1. only group 1 contributes to date calculations.)
             * c = {String} calculation method (required for group 1. null for group 0. {0} = currentGroup - position in regex result array)
             * s = {String} regex pattern. all matches are stored in results[], and are accessible by the calculation mapped to 'c'
             */
            d: {
                g:1,
                c:"d = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{2})" // day of month with leading zeroes (01 - 31)
            },
            j: {
                g:1,
                c:"d = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{1,2})" // day of month without leading zeroes (1 - 31)
            },
            D: function() {
                for (var a = [], i = 0; i < 7; a.push(Date.getShortDayName(i)), ++i); // get localised short day names
                return {
                    g:0,
                    c:null,
                    s:"(?:" + a.join("|") +")"
                };
            },
            l: function() {
                return {
                    g:0,
                    c:null,
                    s:"(?:" + Date.dayNames.join("|") + ")"
                };
            },
            N: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"[1-7]" // ISO-8601 day number (1 (monday) - 7 (sunday))
            },
            S: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"(?:st|nd|rd|th)"
            },
            w: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"[0-6]" // javascript day number (0 (sunday) - 6 (saturday))
            },
            z: {
                g:1,
                c:"z = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{1,3})" // day of the year (0 - 364 (365 in leap years))
            },
            W: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"(?:\\d{2})" // ISO-8601 week number (with leading zero)
            },
            F: function() {
                return {
                    g:1,
                    c:"m = parseInt(Date.getMonthNumber(results[{0}]), 10);\n", // get localised month number
                    s:"(" + Date.monthNames.join("|") + ")"
                };
            },
            M: function() {
                for (var a = [], i = 0; i < 12; a.push(Date.getShortMonthName(i)), ++i); // get localised short month names
                return Ext.applyIf({
                    s:"(" + a.join("|") + ")"
                }, $f("F"));
            },
            m: {
                g:1,
                c:"m = parseInt(results[{0}], 10) - 1;\n",
                s:"(\\d{2})" // month number with leading zeros (01 - 12)
            },
            n: {
                g:1,
                c:"m = parseInt(results[{0}], 10) - 1;\n",
                s:"(\\d{1,2})" // month number without leading zeros (1 - 12)
            },
            t: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"(?:\\d{2})" // no. of days in the month (28 - 31)
            },
            L: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"(?:1|0)"
            },
            o: function() {
                return $f("Y");
            },
            Y: {
                g:1,
                c:"y = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{4})" // 4-digit year
            },
            y: {
                g:1,
                c:"var ty = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n"
                    + "y = ty > Date.y2kYear ? 1900 + ty : 2000 + ty;\n", // 2-digit year
                s:"(\\d{1,2})"
            },
            /**
             * In the am/pm parsing routines, we allow both upper and lower case
             * even though it doesn't exactly match the spec. It gives much more flexibility
             * in being able to specify case insensitive regexes.
             */
            a: function(){
                return $f("A");
            },
            A: {
                // We need to calculate the hour before we apply AM/PM when parsing
                calcLast: true,
                g:1,
                c:"if (/(am)/i.test(results[{0}])) {\n"
                    + "if (!h || h == 12) { h = 0; }\n"
                    + "} else { if (!h || h < 12) { h = (h || 0) + 12; }}",
                s:"(AM|PM|am|pm)"
            },
            g: function() {
                return $f("G");
            },
            G: {
                g:1,
                c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{1,2})" // 24-hr format of an hour without leading zeroes (0 - 23)
            },
            h: function() {
                return $f("H");
            },
            H: {
                g:1,
                c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{2})" //  24-hr format of an hour with leading zeroes (00 - 23)
            },
            i: {
                g:1,
                c:"i = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{2})" // minutes with leading zeros (00 - 59)
            },
            s: {
                g:1,
                c:"s = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(\\d{2})" // seconds with leading zeros (00 - 59)
            },
            u: {
                g:1,
                c:"ms = results[{0}]; ms = parseInt(ms, 10)/Math.pow(10, ms.length - 3);\n",
                s:"(\\d+)" // decimal fraction of a second (minimum = 1 digit, maximum = unlimited)
            },
            O: {
                g:1,
                c:[
                    "o = results[{0}];",
                    "var sn = o.substring(0,1),", // get + / - sign
                        "hr = o.substring(1,3)*1 + Math.floor(o.substring(3,5) / 60),", // get hours (performs minutes-to-hour conversion also, just in case)
                        "mn = o.substring(3,5) % 60;", // get minutes
                    "o = ((-12 <= (hr*60 + mn)/60) && ((hr*60 + mn)/60 <= 14))? (sn + String.leftPad(hr, 2, '0') + String.leftPad(mn, 2, '0')) : null;\n" // -12hrs <= GMT offset <= 14hrs
                ].join("\n"),
                s: "([+\-]\\d{4})" // GMT offset in hrs and mins
            },
            P: {
                g:1,
                c:[
                    "o = results[{0}];",
                    "var sn = o.substring(0,1),", // get + / - sign
                        "hr = o.substring(1,3)*1 + Math.floor(o.substring(4,6) / 60),", // get hours (performs minutes-to-hour conversion also, just in case)
                        "mn = o.substring(4,6) % 60;", // get minutes
                    "o = ((-12 <= (hr*60 + mn)/60) && ((hr*60 + mn)/60 <= 14))? (sn + String.leftPad(hr, 2, '0') + String.leftPad(mn, 2, '0')) : null;\n" // -12hrs <= GMT offset <= 14hrs
                ].join("\n"),
                s: "([+\-]\\d{2}:\\d{2})" // GMT offset in hrs and mins (with colon separator)
            },
            T: {
                g:0,
                c:null,
                s:"[A-Z]{1,4}" // timezone abbrev. may be between 1 - 4 chars
            },
            Z: {
                g:1,
                c:"zz = results[{0}] * 1;\n" // -43200 <= UTC offset <= 50400
                      + "zz = (-43200 <= zz && zz <= 50400)? zz : null;\n",
                s:"([+\-]?\\d{1,5})" // leading '+' sign is optional for UTC offset
            },
            c: function() {
                var calc = [],
                    arr = [
                        $f("Y", 1), // year
                        $f("m", 2), // month
                        $f("d", 3), // day
                        $f("h", 4), // hour
                        $f("i", 5), // minute
                        $f("s", 6), // second
                        {c:"ms = results[7] || '0'; ms = parseInt(ms, 10)/Math.pow(10, ms.length - 3);\n"}, // decimal fraction of a second (minimum = 1 digit, maximum = unlimited)
                        {c:[ // allow either "Z" (i.e. UTC) or "-0530" or "+08:00" (i.e. UTC offset) timezone delimiters. assumes local timezone if no timezone is specified
                            "if(results[8]) {", // timezone specified
                                "if(results[8] == 'Z'){",
                                    "zz = 0;", // UTC
                                "}else if (results[8].indexOf(':') > -1){",
                                    $f("P", 8).c, // timezone offset with colon separator
                                "}else{",
                                    $f("O", 8).c, // timezone offset without colon separator
                                "}",
                            "}"
                        ].join('\n')}
                    ];

                for (var i = 0, l = arr.length; i < l; ++i) {
                    calc.push(arr[i].c);
                }

                return {
                    g:1,
                    c:calc.join(""),
                    s:[
                        arr[0].s, // year (required)
                        "(?:", "-", arr[1].s, // month (optional)
                            "(?:", "-", arr[2].s, // day (optional)
                                "(?:",
                                    "(?:T| )?", // time delimiter -- either a "T" or a single blank space
                                    arr[3].s, ":", arr[4].s,  // hour AND minute, delimited by a single colon (optional). MUST be preceded by either a "T" or a single blank space
                                    "(?::", arr[5].s, ")?", // seconds (optional)
                                    "(?:(?:\\.|,)(\\d+))?", // decimal fraction of a second (e.g. ",12345" or ".98765") (optional)
                                    "(Z|(?:[-+]\\d{2}(?::)?\\d{2}))?", // "Z" (UTC) or "-0530" (UTC offset without colon delimiter) or "+08:00" (UTC offset with colon delimiter) (optional)
                                ")?",
                            ")?",
                        ")?"
                    ].join("")
                };
            },
            U: {
                g:1,
                c:"u = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
                s:"(-?\\d+)" // leading minus sign indicates seconds before UNIX epoch
            }
        }
    });

    }());

    Ext.apply(Date.prototype, {
        // private
        dateFormat : function(format) {
            if (Date.formatFunctions[format] == null) {
                Date.createFormat(format);
            }
            return Date.formatFunctions[format].call(this);
        },

        /**
         * Get the timezone abbreviation of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'T').
         *
         * Note: The date string returned by the javascript Date object's toString() method varies
         * between browsers (e.g. FF vs IE) and system region settings (e.g. IE in Asia vs IE in America).
         * For a given date string e.g. "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)",
         * getTimezone() first tries to get the timezone abbreviation from between a pair of parentheses
         * (which may or may not be present), failing which it proceeds to get the timezone abbreviation
         * from the GMT offset portion of the date string.
         * @return {String} The abbreviated timezone name (e.g. 'CST', 'PDT', 'EDT', 'MPST' ...).
         */
        getTimezone : function() {
            // the following list shows the differences between date strings from different browsers on a WinXP SP2 machine from an Asian locale:
            //
            // Opera  : "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:53:45 GMT+0800" -- shortest (weirdest) date string of the lot
            // Safari : "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)" -- value in parentheses always gives the correct timezone (same as FF)
            // FF     : "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)" -- value in parentheses always gives the correct timezone
            // IE     : "Thu Oct 25 22:54:35 UTC+0800 2007" -- (Asian system setting) look for 3-4 letter timezone abbrev
            // IE     : "Thu Oct 25 17:06:37 PDT 2007" -- (American system setting) look for 3-4 letter timezone abbrev
            //
            // this crazy regex attempts to guess the correct timezone abbreviation despite these differences.
            // step 1: (?:\((.*)\) -- find timezone in parentheses
            // step 2: ([A-Z]{1,4})(?:[\-+][0-9]{4})?(?: -?\d+)?) -- if nothing was found in step 1, find timezone from timezone offset portion of date string
            // step 3: remove all non uppercase characters found in step 1 and 2
            return this.toString().replace(/^.* (?:\((.*)\)|([A-Z]{1,4})(?:[\-+][0-9]{4})?(?: -?\d+)?)$/, "$1$2").replace(/[^A-Z]/g, "");
        },

        /**
         * Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').
         * @param {Boolean} colon (optional) true to separate the hours and minutes with a colon (defaults to false).
         * @return {String} The 4-character offset string prefixed with + or - (e.g. '-0600').
         */
        getGMTOffset : function(colon) {
            return (this.getTimezoneOffset() > 0 ? "-" : "+")
                + String.leftPad(Math.floor(Math.abs(this.getTimezoneOffset()) / 60), 2, "0")
                + (colon ? ":" : "")
                + String.leftPad(Math.abs(this.getTimezoneOffset() % 60), 2, "0");
        },

        /**
         * Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.
         * @return {Number} 0 to 364 (365 in leap years).
         */
        getDayOfYear: function() {
            var num = 0,
                d = this.clone(),
                m = this.getMonth(),
                i;

            for (i = 0, d.setDate(1), d.setMonth(0); i < m; d.setMonth(++i)) {
                num += d.getDaysInMonth();
            }
            return num + this.getDate() - 1;
        },

        /**
         * Get the numeric ISO-8601 week number of the year.
         * (equivalent to the format specifier 'W', but without a leading zero).
         * @return {Number} 1 to 53
         */
        getWeekOfYear : function() {
            // adapted from http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/weekcalc.htm
            var ms1d = 864e5, // milliseconds in a day
                ms7d = 7 * ms1d; // milliseconds in a week

            return function() { // return a closure so constants get calculated only once
                var DC3 = Date.UTC(this.getFullYear(), this.getMonth(), this.getDate() + 3) / ms1d, // an Absolute Day Number
                    AWN = Math.floor(DC3 / 7), // an Absolute Week Number
                    Wyr = new Date(AWN * ms7d).getUTCFullYear();

                return AWN - Math.floor(Date.UTC(Wyr, 0, 7) / ms7d) + 1;
            };
        }(),

        /**
         * Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.
         * @return {Boolean} True if the current date falls within a leap year, false otherwise.
         */
        isLeapYear : function() {
            var year = this.getFullYear();
            return !!((year & 3) == 0 && (year % 100 || (year % 400 == 0 && year)));
        },

        /**
         * Get the first day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
         * is the numeric day index within the week (0-6) which can be used in conjunction with
         * the {@link #monthNames} array to retrieve the textual day name.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    var dt = new Date('1/10/2007');
    document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getFirstDayOfMonth()]); //output: 'Monday'
    </code></pre>
         * @return {Number} The day number (0-6).
         */
        getFirstDayOfMonth : function() {
            var day = (this.getDay() - (this.getDate() - 1)) % 7;
            return (day < 0) ? (day + 7) : day;
        },

        /**
         * Get the last day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
         * is the numeric day index within the week (0-6) which can be used in conjunction with
         * the {@link #monthNames} array to retrieve the textual day name.
         * Example:
         * <pre><code>
    var dt = new Date('1/10/2007');
    document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getLastDayOfMonth()]); //output: 'Wednesday'
    </code></pre>
         * @return {Number} The day number (0-6).
         */
        getLastDayOfMonth : function() {
            return this.getLastDateOfMonth().getDay();
        },

        /**
         * Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.
         * @return {Date}
         */
        getFirstDateOfMonth : function() {
            return new Date(this.getFullYear(), this.getMonth(), 1);
        },

        /**
         * Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.
         * @return {Date}
         */
        getLastDateOfMonth : function() {
            return new Date(this.getFullYear(), this.getMonth(), this.getDaysInMonth());
        },

        /**
         * Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.
         * @return {Number} The number of days in the month.
         */
        getDaysInMonth: function() {
            var daysInMonth = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];

            return function() { // return a closure for efficiency
                var m = this.getMonth();

                return m == 1 && this.isLeapYear() ? 29 : daysInMonth[m];
            };
        }(),

        /**
         * Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').
         * @return {String} 'st, 'nd', 'rd' or 'th'.
         */
        getSuffix : function() {
            switch (this.getDate()) {
                case 1:
                case 21:
                case 31:
                    return "st";
                case 2:
                case 22:
                    return "nd";
                case 3:
                case 23:
                    return "rd";
                default:
                    return "th";
            }
        },

        /**
         * Creates and returns a new Date instance with the exact same date value as the called instance.
         * Dates are copied and passed by reference, so if a copied date variable is modified later, the original
         * variable will also be changed.  When the intention is to create a new variable that will not
         * modify the original instance, you should create a clone.
         *
         * Example of correctly cloning a date:
         * <pre><code>
    //wrong way:
    var orig = new Date('10/1/2006');
    var copy = orig;
    copy.setDate(5);
    document.write(orig);  //returns 'Thu Oct 05 2006'!

    //correct way:
    var orig = new Date('10/1/2006');
    var copy = orig.clone();
    copy.setDate(5);
    document.write(orig);  //returns 'Thu Oct 01 2006'
    </code></pre>
         * @return {Date} The new Date instance.
         */
        clone : function() {
            return new Date(this.getTime());
        },

        /**
         * Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).
         * @return {Boolean} True if the current date is affected by DST.
         */
        isDST : function() {
            // adapted from http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=247172#post247172
            // courtesy of @geoffrey.mcgill
            return new Date(this.getFullYear(), 0, 1).getTimezoneOffset() != this.getTimezoneOffset();
        },

        /**
         * Attempts to clear all time information from this Date by setting the time to midnight of the same day,
         * automatically adjusting for Daylight Saving Time (DST) where applicable.
         * (note: DST timezone information for the browser's host operating system is assumed to be up-to-date)
         * @param {Boolean} clone true to create a clone of this date, clear the time and return it (defaults to false).
         * @return {Date} this or the clone.
         */
        clearTime : function(clone) {
            if (clone) {
                return this.clone().clearTime();
            }

            // get current date before clearing time
            var d = this.getDate();

            // clear time
            this.setHours(0);
            this.setMinutes(0);
            this.setSeconds(0);
            this.setMilliseconds(0);

            if (this.getDate() != d) { // account for DST (i.e. day of month changed when setting hour = 0)
                // note: DST adjustments are assumed to occur in multiples of 1 hour (this is almost always the case)
                // refer to http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboutdst.html for the (rare) exceptions to this rule

                // increment hour until cloned date == current date
                for (var hr = 1, c = this.add(Date.HOUR, hr); c.getDate() != d; hr++, c = this.add(Date.HOUR, hr));

                this.setDate(d);
                this.setHours(c.getHours());
            }

            return this;
        },

        /**
         * Provides a convenient method for performing basic date arithmetic. This method
         * does not modify the Date instance being called - it creates and returns
         * a new Date instance containing the resulting date value.
         *
         * Examples:
         * <pre><code>
    // Basic usage:
    var dt = new Date('10/29/2006').add(Date.DAY, 5);
    document.write(dt); //returns 'Fri Nov 03 2006 00:00:00'

    // Negative values will be subtracted:
    var dt2 = new Date('10/1/2006').add(Date.DAY, -5);
    document.write(dt2); //returns 'Tue Sep 26 2006 00:00:00'

    // You can even chain several calls together in one line:
    var dt3 = new Date('10/1/2006').add(Date.DAY, 5).add(Date.HOUR, 8).add(Date.MINUTE, -30);
    document.write(dt3); //returns 'Fri Oct 06 2006 07:30:00'
    </code></pre>
         *
         * @param {String} interval A valid date interval enum value.
         * @param {Number} value The amount to add to the current date.
         * @return {Date} The new Date instance.
         */
        add : function(interval, value) {
            var d = this.clone();
            if (!interval || value === 0) return d;

            switch(interval.toLowerCase()) {
                case Date.MILLI:
                    d.setMilliseconds(this.getMilliseconds() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.SECOND:
                    d.setSeconds(this.getSeconds() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.MINUTE:
                    d.setMinutes(this.getMinutes() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.HOUR:
                    d.setHours(this.getHours() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.DAY:
                    d.setDate(this.getDate() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.MONTH:
                    var day = this.getDate();
                    if (day > 28) {
                        day = Math.min(day, this.getFirstDateOfMonth().add('mo', value).getLastDateOfMonth().getDate());
                    }
                    d.setDate(day);
                    d.setMonth(this.getMonth() + value);
                    break;
                case Date.YEAR:
                    d.setFullYear(this.getFullYear() + value);
                    break;
            }
            return d;
        },

        /**
         * Checks if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.
         * @param {Date} start Start date
         * @param {Date} end End date
         * @return {Boolean} true if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.
         */
        between : function(start, end) {
            var t = this.getTime();
            return start.getTime() <= t && t <= end.getTime();
        }
    });

    /**
     * Formats a date given the supplied format string.
     * @param {String} format The format string.
     * @return {String} The formatted date.
     * @method format
     */
    Date.prototype.format = Date.prototype.dateFormat;

    // private
    if (Ext.isSafari && (navigator.userAgent.match(/WebKit\/(\d+)/)[1] || NaN) < 420) {
        Ext.apply(Date.prototype, {
            _xMonth : Date.prototype.setMonth,
            _xDate  : Date.prototype.setDate,

            // Bug in Safari 1.3, 2.0 (WebKit build < 420)
            // Date.setMonth does not work consistently if iMonth is not 0-11
            setMonth : function(num) {
                if (num <= -1) {
                    var n = Math.ceil(-num),
                        back_year = Math.ceil(n / 12),
                        month = (n % 12) ? 12 - n % 12 : 0;

                    this.setFullYear(this.getFullYear() - back_year);

                    return this._xMonth(month);
                } else {
                    return this._xMonth(num);
                }
            },

            // Bug in setDate() method (resolved in WebKit build 419.3, so to be safe we target Webkit builds < 420)
            // The parameter for Date.setDate() is converted to a signed byte integer in Safari
            // http://brianary.blogspot.com/2006/03/safari-date-bug.html
            setDate : function(d) {
                // use setTime() to workaround setDate() bug
                // subtract current day of month in milliseconds, then add desired day of month in milliseconds
                return this.setTime(this.getTime() - (this.getDate() - d) * 864e5);
            }
        });
    }

    /* Some basic Date tests... (requires Firebug)

    Date.parseDate('', 'c'); // call Date.parseDate() once to force computation of regex string so we can console.log() it
    console.log('Insane Regex for "c" format: %o', Date.parseCodes.c.s); // view the insane regex for the "c" format specifier

    // standard tests
    console.group('Standard Date.parseDate() Tests');
        console.log('Date.parseDate("2009-01-05T11:38:56", "c")               = %o', Date.parseDate("2009-01-05T11:38:56", "c")); // assumes browser's timezone setting
        console.log('Date.parseDate("2009-02-04T12:37:55.001000", "c")        = %o', Date.parseDate("2009-02-04T12:37:55.001000", "c")); // assumes browser's timezone setting
        console.log('Date.parseDate("2009-03-03T13:36:54,101000Z", "c")       = %o', Date.parseDate("2009-03-03T13:36:54,101000Z", "c")); // UTC
        console.log('Date.parseDate("2009-04-02T14:35:53.901000-0530", "c")   = %o', Date.parseDate("2009-04-02T14:35:53.901000-0530", "c")); // GMT-0530
        console.log('Date.parseDate("2009-05-01T15:34:52,9876000+08:00", "c") = %o', Date.parseDate("2009-05-01T15:34:52,987600+08:00", "c")); // GMT+08:00
    console.groupEnd();

    // ISO-8601 format as specified in http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
    // -- accepts ALL 6 levels of date-time granularity
    console.group('ISO-8601 Granularity Test (see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime)');
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997", "c")                              = %o', Date.parseDate("1997", "c")); // YYYY (e.g. 1997)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07", "c")                           = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07", "c")); // YYYY-MM (e.g. 1997-07)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07-16", "c")                        = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07-16", "c")); // YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 1997-07-16)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20+01:00", "c")            = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20+01:00", "c")); // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20+01:00)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00", "c")         = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00", "c")); // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00", "c")      = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00", "c")); // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-07-16 19:20:30.45+01:00", "c")      = %o', Date.parseDate("1997-07-16 19:20:30.45+01:00", "c")); // YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.sTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00)
        console.log('Date.parseDate("1997-13-16T19:20:30.45+01:00", "c", true)= %o', Date.parseDate("1997-13-16T19:20:30.45+01:00", "c", true)); // strict date parsing with invalid month value
    console.groupEnd();

    */