I need to modify the format of a date that I am getting. I'm sure there are at least a few mods out there that can do this easily so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Here's the details.

I'm getting a "last updated" day and time from an external data source in one of my scripts.

It comes in the following format:
"10/16/2001 3:26PM; ET"

I need to display it in the following format:
"Tue Oct 16 3:26 PM ;ET"

Anyone know of a mod or a good script where I can pass the value of a date in the format of "mm/dd/yy" and it returns the value of "dow mon dd"? (dow=Day of week 3 letter abbreviation, mon=month 3 letter abbreviation, dd=date)

Also, I need to parse the "3:26PM" variable so that I can add a space between the "3:26" and the "PM". Any and all help is appreciated. I know this should be simple, but it's been causing me a lot of trouble.

Thanks,
Wood

In reply to Date format manipulation by Anonymous Monk

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