Date formatting with jQuery UI
HTML
<span class="date">06-Aug-2012</span>
<span class="date">2012/06/Aug</span>
<span class="date">Monday, August 06, 2012</span>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
$('span.date').each(function() {
var dateFormat = $(this).text()
var dateFormat = $.datepicker.formatDate('DD, MM d, yy', new Date(dateFormat));
//alert(dateFormat);
$(this).html(dateFormat + "<br>");
});
});