this.GetTextDate = function(theString){ //convert a string to a date, if the string is not a date, return a empty string
var i = 0, j = 0, tmpChar = "", find_tag = "";
var start_at = 0, end_at = 0, year_at = 0, month_at = 0, day_at = 0;
var tmp_at = 0, one_at = 0, two_at = 0, one_days = 0, two_days = 0;
var aryDate = new Array();
var tmpYear = -1, tmpMonth = -1, tmpDay = -1;
var tmpDate = theString.toLowerCase();
var defDate = "";
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/(\D)0(\d)/g, "$1-$2");
for (i = 0; i < 9; i++){
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(this.MonthName[i].toLowerCase().substr(0,3), "-00" + (i+1).toString() + "-");
}
for (i = 9; i < 12; i++){
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(this.MonthName[i].toLowerCase().substr(0,3), "-0" + (i+1).toString() + "-");
}
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/jan/g, "-001-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/feb/g, "-002-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/mar/g, "-003-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/apr/g, "-004-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/may/g, "-005-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/jun/g, "-006-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/jul/g, "-007-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/aug/g, "-008-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/sep/g, "-009-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/oct/g, "-010-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/nov/g, "-011-");
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/dec/g, "-012-");
for (i = 0; i < tmpDate.length; i++){
tmpChar = tmpDate.charAt(i);
if (((tmpChar < "0") || (tmpChar>"9")) && (tmpChar != "-")){
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(tmpChar, "-")
}
}
while (tmpDate.indexOf("--") != -1){
tmpDate = tmpDate.replace(/--/g, "-");
}
start_at = 0;
end_at = tmpDate.length-1;
while (tmpDate.charAt(start_at) == "-"){
start_at++;
}
while (tmpDate.charAt(end_at) == "-"){
end_at--;
}
if (start_at < end_at+1){
tmpDate = tmpDate.substring(start_at, end_at + 1);
}else{
tmpDate = "";
}
aryDate = tmpDate.split("-");
if (aryDate.length != 3){
return(defDate);
}
tmp_at = 0;
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++){
if (parseInt(aryDate[i], 10)==0){
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