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Task/Date-format/CoffeeScript/date-format-1.coffee

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+# JS does not have extensive formatting support out of the box.  This code shows
+# how you could create a date formatter object.
+DateFormatter = ->
+  weekdays = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday']
+  months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']
+  pad = (n) ->
+    if n < 10
+      "0" + n
+    else
+      n
+
+  brief: (date) ->
+    month = 1 + date.getMonth()
+    "#{date.getFullYear()}-#{pad month}-#{pad date.getDate()}"
+
+  verbose: (date) ->
+    weekday = weekdays[date.getDay()]
+    month = months[date.getMonth()]
+    day = date.getDate()
+    year = date.getFullYear();
+    "#{weekday}, #{month} #{day}, #{year}"
+
+formatter = DateFormatter()
+date = new Date()
+console.log formatter.brief(date)
+console.log formatter.verbose(date)

Task/Date-format/CoffeeScript/date-format-2.coffee

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+> coffee date_format.coffee
+2012-01-14
+Saturday, January 14, 2012