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HTML
<ul id="1">
</ul>
<ul id="2">
</ul>
<ul id="3">
</ul>
JavaScript
var datearray = {
1367848800000: true,
1367935200000: true,
1368021600000: true,
1368108000000: true,
1368194400000: true,
1368367200000: true,
1368540000000: true,
1368626400000: true,
1368712800000: true
};
$(function() {
var result = dateSequences(datearray);
// Render
$.each(result[0], function(i,d) {
$("#1").append("<li>"+d+"</li>");
})
$.each(result[1], function(i,d) {
$("#2").append("<li>"+d+"</li>");
});
$.each(result[2], function(i,d) {
$("#3").append("<li>"+d+"</li>");
});
console.log(result);
});
// Where magic happens
function dateSequences(array) {
// parse json object to array of keys
var keys = Object.keys(array);
// sort it up
keys = keys.sort();
// convert them to dates
var dates = new Array();
$.each(keys, function(i) {
dates.push(new Date(parseInt(keys[i])));
});
// now we have array of dates, search for sequential dates
var final = new Array();
var prevdate = undefined;
var currentseq = 0;
$.each(dates, function(i, d) {
// undefined?
// first sequence
if (prevdate == undefined) {
final.push(new Array());
final[currentseq].push(d);
}
else {
// compare if difference to current date in loop is greater than a day
var comp=new Date();
comp.setDate(prevdate.getDate()+2);
// Advance sequence if it is
if (comp < d) {
currentseq++;
final[currentseq] = new Array();
}
// Push the date to current sequence
final[currentseq].push(d);
}
// store previous
prevdate = d;
});
return final;
}