Remove characters from the end of a string

[shangrilla]

Hi:

I want to remove a certain # of characters from the end of a string.

2/2/2002 12:00:00 AM should be 2/2/2002
12/12/2002 12:00:00 AM should be 12/12/2002

Any help appreciated.

 

[shangrilla]

Hi:

Ignore my first post. I think if the following can be achieved than it'll be more helpful.

How can I convert "2/13/2002 12:00:00 AM" to 2002132
and also "12/31/2002 12:00:00 AM" to 20021231

Thanks

 

[jemminger]

you want to go from US style dates to ISO dates?

i.e., MMDDYYYY to YYYYMMDD?

here's one way:
[tt]
function usToIso(sDate) {
dDate = new Date(sDate);//alert(dDate)
return dDate.getFullYear().toString() +
((dDate.getMonth() + 1 < 10)?&quot;0&quot;+(dDate.getMonth()+1)dDate.getMonth()+1)).toString() +
((dDate.getDate() < 10)?&quot;0&quot;+dDate.getDate():dDate.getDate()).toString();
}
[/tt]





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