// Formats date and time as "01 January 2000 17:00"
Date.prototype.toFormattedString = function(include_time)
{
    str = Date.padded2(this.getDate())+ "." +(this.getMonth()+1) + "." + this.getFullYear();
    if (include_time) { hour=this.getHours(); str += " " + hour + ":"
+ this.getPaddedMinutes() }
    return str;

}

Date.parseFormattedString = function (string) {
  var regexp = '([0-9]{1,2})\.(([0-9]{1,2})\.(([0-9]{4})( ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{2})? *)?)?)?';
  var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp, "i"));
  if (d==null) return Date.parse(string); // at least give javascript a crack at it.  
  var offset = 0;
  var date = new Date(d[5], 0, 1);
  if (d[3]) { date.setMonth(d[3] - 1); }
  if (d[5]) { date.setDate(d[1]); }
  if (d[7]) {
    date.setHours(parseInt(d[7], 10));    
  }
  if (d[8]) { date.setMinutes(d[8]); }
  if (d[10]) { date.setSeconds(d[10]); }
  return date;
}

Date.padded2 = function(hour) { padded2 = hour.toString(); if
((parseInt(hour) < 10) || (parseInt(hour) == null)) padded2="0" +
padded2; return padded2; }
Date.prototype.getAMPMHour = function()
{ hour=Date.padded2(this.getHours()); return (hour == null) ? 00 :
(hour > 24 ? hour - 24 : hour ) }
Date.prototype.getAMPM = function() { return (this.getHours() < 12) ?
"" : ""; }