Format date without jquery ui

Formats the date just as $.datepicker.formatDate without hte need of jquery ui

by Michael Dibbets

JavaScript

formatDate = function (format, date, settings) {
    var _ticksTo1970= (((1970 - 1) * 365 + Math.floor(1970 / 4) - Math.floor(1970 / 100) +
		Math.floor(1970 / 400)) * 24 * 60 * 60 * 10000000);    
    var iso8601Week =  function(date) {
		var time,
			checkDate = new Date(date.getTime());

		// Find Thursday of this week starting on Monday
		checkDate.setDate(checkDate.getDate() + 4 - (checkDate.getDay() || 7));

		time = checkDate.getTime();
		checkDate.setMonth(0); // Compare with Jan 1
		checkDate.setDate(1);
		return Math.floor(Math.round((time - checkDate) / 86400000) / 7) + 1;
	}
	var _defaults = { 
		monthNames: ["January","February","March","April","May","June",
			"July","August","September","October","November","December"], // Names of months for drop-down and formatting
		monthNamesShort: ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"], // For formatting
		dayNames: ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"], // For formatting
		dayNamesShort: ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"], // For formatting
		dayNamesMin: ["Su","Mo","Tu","We","Th","Fr","Sa"], // Column headings for days starting at Sunday
		weekHeader: "Wk", // Column header for week of the year
		dateFormat: "mm/dd/yy", // See format options on parseDate
	};
		if (!date) {
			return "";
		}

		var iFormat,
			dayNamesShort = _defaults.dayNamesShort,
			dayNames = _defaults.dayNames,
			monthNamesShort = _defaults.monthNamesShort,
			monthNames = _defaults.monthNames,
			// Check whether a format character is doubled
			lookAhead = function(match) {
				var matches = (iFormat + 1 < format.length && format.charAt(iFormat + 1) === match);
				if (matches) {
					iFormat++;
				}
				return matches;
			},
			// Format a number, with leading zero if necessary
			formatNumber = function(match, value, len) {
				var num = "" + value;
				if (lookAhead(match)) {
					while (num.length < len) {
						num = "0" +...