// Format: 22/05/2007 12:00

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) ? "" : ""; }

Date.prototype.toFormattedString = function(include_time)
{
  str = Date.padded2(this.getDate()) + "/" + (this.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + this.getFullYear();
  if (include_time)
	{
		hour=this.getHours(); str += " " + this.getAMPMHour() + ":" + 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[4], 0, 1);
  if (d[3]) { date.setMonth(d[3] - 1); }
  if (d[2]) { date.setDate(d[2]); }
  if (d[6])
  {
    date.setHours(parseInt(d[6], 10));
  };
  if (d[7]) { date.setMinutes(d[7]); }
  if (d[8]) { date.setSeconds(d[8]); }
  return date;
}