How do I convert DateTime to another format?

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From a weather feed I'm getting the data for dates in the form of 2012-05-17.

How do I convert that to Thursday May 17th form?

You certainly can't do that with XML alone. Which language will you be using? — zneak, May 18 '12 at 17:45
possible duplicate of [Parse date string in JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1576753/parse-date-string-in-javascript) — Phrogz, May 18 '12 at 17:49
Questions about parsing and formatting datetime have been asked dozens of times on SO. Pick up a similar question, browse through answers and improvise if necessary. — Salman A, May 18 '12 at 18:09

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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Parse the string into a JavaScript Date object.
Format the Date object however you like.

See also: Why does Date.parse give incorrect results? and How to format a JavaScript date questions.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered May 18 '12 at 17:50

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '12 at 18:36

How about this:

var originalDateTime = '2012-05-17',
splitedDatetime = originalDateTime.split('0'),
date = new Date(),
date.setFullYear(splitedDatetime[0],splitedDatetime[1]-1,splitedDatetime[2]),
formatedDateString = date.toLocaleFormat("%A %B %d");

How do I convert DateTime to another format?

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