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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div xmlns:ext="http://www.extjs.com" class="body-wrap"><h1>Class <a href="source/Date.html#cls-Date">Date</a></h1><table cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="label">Package:</td><td class="hd-info">Global</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Defined In:</td><td class="hd-info">Date.js</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Class:</td><td class="hd-info"><a href="source/Date.html#cls-Date">Date</a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Extends:</td><td class="hd-info">Object</td></tr></table><div class="description">The date parsing and formatting syntax contains a subset of
+<div class="body-wrap" xmlns:ext="http://www.extjs.com"><div class="top-tools"><a class="inner-link" href="#Date-props"><img src="../resources/images/default/s.gif" class="item-icon icon-prop">Properties</a>&#13;<a class="inner-link" href="#Date-methods"><img src="../resources/images/default/s.gif" class="item-icon icon-method">Methods</a>&#13;<a class="inner-link" href="#Date-events"><img src="../resources/images/default/s.gif" class="item-icon icon-event">Events</a>&#13;<a class="bookmark" href="../docs/?class=Date"><img src="../resources/images/default/s.gif" class="item-icon icon-fav">Direct Link</a>&#13;</div><h1>Class <a href="source/Date.html#cls-Date">Date</a></h1><table cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="label">Package:</td><td class="hd-info">Global</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Defined In:</td><td class="hd-info"><a href="source/Date.html#cls-Date">Date.js</a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Class:</td><td class="hd-info"><a href="source/Date.html#cls-Date">Date</a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Extends:</td><td class="hd-info">Object</td></tr></table><div class="description">The date parsing and formatting syntax contains a subset of
 <a href="http://www.php.net/date">PHP's date() function</a>, and the formats that are
 supported will provide results equivalent to their PHP versions.
 The following is a list of all currently supported formats:
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ Example usage:
 <pre><code><b>var</b> dt = <b>new</b> Date();
 document.write(dt.format(Date.patterns.ShortDate));</code></pre>
 <p>Developer-written, custom formats may be used by supplying both a formatting and a parsing function
-which perform to specialized requirements. The functions are stored in <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseFunctions" ext:member="parseFunctions" ext:cls="Date">parseFunctions</a> and <a href="output/Date.html#Date-formatFunctions" ext:member="formatFunctions" ext:cls="Date">formatFunctions</a>.</p></div><div class="hr"></div><a id="Date-props"></a><h2>Public Properties</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="member-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="sig-header">Property</th><th class="msource-header">Defined By</th></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-DAY"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-DAY">DAY</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-HOUR"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-HOUR">HOUR</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MILLI"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MILLI">MILLI</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MINUTE"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MINUTE">MINUTE</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MONTH"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MONTH">MONTH</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-SECOND"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-SECOND">SECOND</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-YEAR"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-YEAR">YEAR</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-dayNames"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-dayNames">dayNames</a></b> : Array<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An array of textual day names.\r
-Override these values for international dates.\r
-Example:\r
-Date.dayNames = [\r
+which perform to specialized requirements. The functions are stored in <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseFunctions" ext:member="parseFunctions" ext:cls="Date">parseFunctions</a> and <a href="output/Date.html#Date-formatFunctions" ext:member="formatFunctions" ext:cls="Date">formatFunctions</a>.</p></div><div class="hr"></div><a id="Date-props"></a><h2>Public Properties</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="member-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="sig-header">Property</th><th class="msource-header">Defined By</th></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-DAY"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-DAY">DAY</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-HOUR"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-HOUR">HOUR</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MILLI"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MILLI">MILLI</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MINUTE"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MINUTE">MINUTE</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-MONTH"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-MONTH">MONTH</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-SECOND"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-SECOND">SECOND</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row  "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-YEAR"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-YEAR">YEAR</a></b> : String<div class="mdesc">Date interval constant</div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-dayNames"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-dayNames">dayNames</a></b> : Array<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An array of textual day names.
+Override these values for international dates.
+Example:
+Date.dayNames = [
     'SundayI...</div><div class="long">An array of textual day names.
 Override these values for international dates.
 Example:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Example:
     <em>'SundayInYourLang'</em>,
     <em>'MondayInYourLang'</em>,
     ...
-];</code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-defaults"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-defaults">defaults</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash containing default date values used during date parsing.\r
+];</code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-defaults"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-defaults">defaults</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash containing default date values used during date parsing.
 The following properties are available:&lt;div c...</div><div class="long"><p>An object hash containing default date values used during date parsing.</p>
 <p>The following properties are available:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
 <li><code>y</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default year value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Date.defaults.d = 1;
 <i>// parse a February date string containing only year and month values.</i>
 <i>// setting the <b>default</b> day value to 1 prevents weird date rollover issues</i>
 <i>// when attempting to parse the following date string on, <b>for</b> example, March 31st 2009.</i>
-Date.parseDate(<em>'2009-02'</em>, <em>'Y-m'</em>); <i>// returns a Date object representing February 1st 2009</i></code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-formatCodes"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-formatCodes">formatCodes</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">The base format-code to formatting-function hashmap used by the format method.\r
+Date.parseDate(<em>'2009-02'</em>, <em>'Y-m'</em>); <i>// returns a Date object representing February 1st 2009</i></code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-formatCodes"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-formatCodes">formatCodes</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">The base format-code to formatting-function hashmap used by the format method.
 Formatting functions are strings (or f...</div><div class="long">The base format-code to formatting-function hashmap used by the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-format" ext:member="format" ext:cls="Date">format</a> method.
 Formatting functions are strings (or functions which return strings) which
 will return the appropriate value when evaluated in the context of the Date object
@@ -129,21 +129,21 @@ Add to / override these mappings for custom date formatting.
 Note: Date.format() treats characters as literals if an appropriate mapping cannot be found.
 Example:
 <pre><code>Date.formatCodes.x = <em>"String.leftPad(this.getDate(), 2, <em>'0'</em>)"</em>;
-(<b>new</b> Date()).format(<em>"X"</em>); <i>// returns the current day of the month</i></code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-formatFunctions"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-formatFunctions">formatFunctions</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash in which each property is a date formatting function. The property name is the\r
+(<b>new</b> Date()).format(<em>"X"</em>); <i>// returns the current day of the month</i></code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-formatFunctions"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-formatFunctions">formatFunctions</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash in which each property is a date formatting function. The property name is the
 format string which cor...</div><div class="long"><p>An object hash in which each property is a date formatting function. The property name is the
 format string which corresponds to the produced formatted date string.</p>
 <p>This object is automatically populated with date formatting functions as
 date formats are requested for Ext standard formatting strings.</p>
 <p>Custom formatting functions may be inserted into this object, keyed by a name which from then on
 may be used as a format string to <a href="output/Date.html#Date-format" ext:member="format" ext:cls="Date">format</a>. Example:</p><pre><code>Date.formatFunctions[<em>'x-date-format'</em>] = myDateFormatter;</code></pre>
-<p>A formatting function should return a string repesentation of the passed Date object:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
+<p>A formatting function should return a string representation of the passed Date object, and is passed the following parameters:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
 <li><code>date</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">The Date to format.</div></li>
 </ul></div></p>
 <p>To enable date strings to also be <i>parsed</i> according to that format, a corresponding
-parsing function must be placed into the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseFunctions" ext:member="parseFunctions" ext:cls="Date">parseFunctions</a> property.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-monthNames"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-monthNames">monthNames</a></b> : Array<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An array of textual month names.\r
-Override these values for international dates.\r
-Example:\r
-Date.monthNames = [\r
+parsing function must be placed into the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseFunctions" ext:member="parseFunctions" ext:cls="Date">parseFunctions</a> property.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-monthNames"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-monthNames">monthNames</a></b> : Array<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An array of textual month names.
+Override these values for international dates.
+Example:
+Date.monthNames = [
     'Jan...</div><div class="long">An array of textual month names.
 Override these values for international dates.
 Example:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Example:
     <em>'ShortJanNameInYourLang'</em>:0,
     <em>'ShortFebNameInYourLang'</em>:1,
     ...
-};</code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-parseFunctions"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-parseFunctions">parseFunctions</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash in which each property is a date parsing function. The property name is the\r
+};</code></pre></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-parseFunctions"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-parseFunctions">parseFunctions</a></b> : Object<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">An object hash in which each property is a date parsing function. The property name is the
 format string which that f...</div><div class="long"><p>An object hash in which each property is a date parsing function. The property name is the
 format string which that function parses.</p>
 <p>This object is automatically populated with date parsing functions as
@@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ may be used as a format string to <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseDate" ext:
 Invalid date strings should return null when parsed.</div></li>
 </ul></div></p>
 <p>To enable Dates to also be <i>formatted</i> according to that format, a corresponding
-formatting function must be placed into the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-formatFunctions" ext:member="formatFunctions" ext:cls="Date">formatFunctions</a> property.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-useStrict"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-useStrict">useStrict</a></b> : Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Global flag which determines if strict date parsing should be used.\r
+formatting function must be placed into the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-formatFunctions" ext:member="formatFunctions" ext:cls="Date">formatFunctions</a> property.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="property-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-useStrict"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#prop-Date-useStrict">useStrict</a></b> : Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Global flag which determines if strict date parsing should be used.
 Strict date parsing will not roll-over invalid da...</div><div class="long">Global flag which determines if strict date parsing should be used.
 Strict date parsing will not roll-over invalid dates, which is the
 default behaviour of javascript Date objects.
 (see <a href="output/Date.html#Date-parseDate" ext:member="parseDate" ext:cls="Date">parseDate</a> for more information)
-Defaults to <tt>false</tt>.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr></tbody></table><a id="Date-methods"></a><h2>Public Methods</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="member-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="sig-header">Method</th><th class="msource-header">Defined By</th></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-add"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-add">add</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;interval</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;value</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Provides a convenient method for performing basic date arithmetic. This method\r
+Defaults to <tt>false</tt>.</div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr></tbody></table><a id="Date-methods"></a><h2>Public Methods</h2><table cellspacing="0" class="member-table"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="sig-header">Method</th><th class="msource-header">Defined By</th></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-add"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-add">add</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;interval</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;value</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Provides a convenient method for performing basic date arithmetic. This method
 does not modify the Date instance bein...</div><div class="long">Provides a convenient method for performing basic date arithmetic. This method
 does not modify the Date instance being called - it creates and returns
 a new Date instance containing the resulting date value.
@@ -195,16 +195,16 @@ document.write(dt2); <i>//returns <em>'Tue Sep 26 2006 00:00:00'</em></i>
 
 <i>// You can even chain several calls together <b>in</b> one line:</i>
 <b>var</b> dt3 = <b>new</b> Date(<em>'10/1/2006'</em>).add(Date.DAY, 5).add(Date.HOUR, 8).add(Date.MINUTE, -30);
-document.write(dt3); <i>//returns <em>'Fri Oct 06 2006 07:30:00'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>interval</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">A valid date interval enum value.</div></li><li><code>value</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The amount to add to the current date.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">The new Date instance.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-between"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-between">between</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Date&nbsp;start</code>,&nbsp;<code>Date&nbsp;end</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.</div><div class="long">Checks if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>start</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">Start date</div></li><li><code>end</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">End date</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">true if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-clearTime"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-clearTime">clearTime</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Boolean&nbsp;clone</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Attempts to clear all time information from this Date by setting the time to midnight of the same day,\r
+document.write(dt3); <i>//returns <em>'Fri Oct 06 2006 07:30:00'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>interval</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">A valid date interval enum value.</div></li><li><code>value</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The amount to add to the current date.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">The new Date instance.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-between"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-between">between</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Date&nbsp;start</code>,&nbsp;<code>Date&nbsp;end</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.</div><div class="long">Checks if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>start</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">Start date</div></li><li><code>end</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">End date</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">true if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-clearTime"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-clearTime">clearTime</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Boolean&nbsp;clone</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Attempts to clear all time information from this Date by setting the time to midnight of the same day,
 automatically ...</div><div class="long">Attempts to clear all time information from this Date by setting the time to midnight of the same day,
 automatically adjusting for Daylight Saving Time (DST) where applicable.
-(note: DST timezone information for the browser's host operating system is assumed to be up-to-date)<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>clone</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">true to create a clone of this date, clear the time and return it (defaults to false).</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">this or the clone.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-clone"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-clone">clone</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Creates and returns a new Date instance with the exact same date value as the called instance.\r
+(note: DST timezone information for the browser's host operating system is assumed to be up-to-date)<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>clone</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">true to create a clone of this date, clear the time and return it (defaults to false).</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">this or the clone.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-clone"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-clone">clone</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Creates and returns a new Date instance with the exact same date value as the called instance.
 Dates are copied and p...</div><div class="long">Creates and returns a new Date instance with the exact same date value as the called instance.
 Dates are copied and passed by reference, so if a copied date variable is modified later, the original
 variable will also be changed.  When the intention is to create a new variable that will not
@@ -220,72 +220,72 @@ document.write(orig);  <i>//returns <em>'Thu Oct 05 2006'</em>!</i>
 <b>var</b> orig = <b>new</b> Date(<em>'10/1/2006'</em>);
 <b>var</b> copy = orig.clone();
 copy.setDate(5);
-document.write(orig);  <i>//returns <em>'Thu Oct 01 2006'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">The new Date instance.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-format"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-format">format</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;format</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Formats a date given the supplied format string.</div><div class="long">Formats a date given the supplied format string.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>format</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The format string.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The formatted date.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getDayOfYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getDayOfYear">getDayOfYear</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.</div><div class="long">Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">0 to 364 (365 in leap years).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getDaysInMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getDaysInMonth">getDaysInMonth</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.</div><div class="long">Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The number of days in the month.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getElapsed"></a><b><a href="source/Ext-more.html#method-Date-getElapsed">getElapsed</a></b>(&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Date&nbsp;date</code>]</span>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Returns the number of milliseconds between this date and date</div><div class="long">Returns the number of milliseconds between this date and date<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>date</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Defaults to now</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The diff in milliseconds</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getFirstDateOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getFirstDateOfMonth">getFirstDateOfMonth</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.</div><div class="long">Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getFirstDayOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getFirstDayOfMonth">getFirstDayOfMonth</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the first day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value\r
+document.write(orig);  <i>//returns <em>'Thu Oct 01 2006'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc">The new Date instance.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-format"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-format">format</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;format</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Formats a date given the supplied format string.</div><div class="long">Formats a date given the supplied format string.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>format</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The format string.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The formatted date.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getDayOfYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getDayOfYear">getDayOfYear</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.</div><div class="long">Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">0 to 364 (365 in leap years).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getDaysInMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getDaysInMonth">getDaysInMonth</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.</div><div class="long">Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The number of days in the month.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getElapsed"></a><b><a href="source/Ext-more.html#method-Date-getElapsed">getElapsed</a></b>(&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Date&nbsp;date</code>]</span>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Returns the number of milliseconds between this date and date</div><div class="long">Returns the number of milliseconds between this date and date<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>date</code> : Date<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Defaults to now</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The diff in milliseconds</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getFirstDateOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getFirstDateOfMonth">getFirstDateOfMonth</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.</div><div class="long">Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getFirstDayOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getFirstDayOfMonth">getFirstDayOfMonth</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the first day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
 is the numeric day index within t...</div><div class="long">Get the first day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
 is the numeric day index within the week (0-6) which can be used in conjunction with
 the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-monthNames" ext:member="monthNames" ext:cls="Date">monthNames</a> array to retrieve the textual day name.
 Example:
 <pre><code><b>var</b> dt = <b>new</b> Date(<em>'1/10/2007'</em>);
-document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getFirstDayOfMonth()]); <i>//output: <em>'Monday'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The day number (0-6).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getGMTOffset"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getGMTOffset">getGMTOffset</a></b>(&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;colon</code>]</span>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').</div><div class="long">Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>colon</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">(optional) true to separate the hours and minutes with a colon (defaults to false).</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The 4-character offset string prefixed with + or - (e.g. '-0600').</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getLastDateOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getLastDateOfMonth">getLastDateOfMonth</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.</div><div class="long">Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getLastDayOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getLastDayOfMonth">getLastDayOfMonth</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the last day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value\r
+document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getFirstDayOfMonth()]); <i>//output: <em>'Monday'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The day number (0-6).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getGMTOffset"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getGMTOffset">getGMTOffset</a></b>(&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;colon</code>]</span>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').</div><div class="long">Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>colon</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">(optional) true to separate the hours and minutes with a colon (defaults to false).</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The 4-character offset string prefixed with + or - (e.g. '-0600').</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getLastDateOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getLastDateOfMonth">getLastDateOfMonth</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.</div><div class="long">Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Date</code><div class="sub-desc"></div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getLastDayOfMonth"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getLastDayOfMonth">getLastDayOfMonth</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the last day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
 is the numeric day index within th...</div><div class="long">Get the last day of the current month, adjusted for leap year.  The returned value
 is the numeric day index within the week (0-6) which can be used in conjunction with
 the <a href="output/Date.html#Date-monthNames" ext:member="monthNames" ext:cls="Date">monthNames</a> array to retrieve the textual day name.
 Example:
 <pre><code><b>var</b> dt = <b>new</b> Date(<em>'1/10/2007'</em>);
-document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getLastDayOfMonth()]); <i>//output: <em>'Wednesday'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The day number (0-6).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getMonthNumber"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getMonthNumber">getMonthNumber</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;name</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the zero-based javascript month number for the given short/full month name.\r
+document.write(Date.dayNames[dt.getLastDayOfMonth()]); <i>//output: <em>'Wednesday'</em></i></code></pre><div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The day number (0-6).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getMonthNumber"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getMonthNumber">getMonthNumber</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;name</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the zero-based javascript month number for the given short/full month name.
 Override this function for internatio...</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the zero-based javascript month number for the given short/full month name.
-Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>name</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The short/full month name.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The zero-based javascript month number.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getShortDayName"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getShortDayName">getShortDayName</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;day</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short day name for the given day number.\r
+Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>name</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The short/full month name.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">The zero-based javascript month number.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getShortDayName"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getShortDayName">getShortDayName</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;day</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short day name for the given day number.
 Override this function for international dates.</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short day name for the given day number.
-Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>day</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">A zero-based javascript day number.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The short day name.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getShortMonthName"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getShortMonthName">getShortMonthName</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;month</code>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short month name for the given month number.\r
+Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>day</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">A zero-based javascript day number.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The short day name.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getShortMonthName"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getShortMonthName">getShortMonthName</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;month</code>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short month name for the given month number.
 Override this function for international dates.</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Get the short month name for the given month number.
-Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>month</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">A zero-based javascript month number.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The short month name.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getSuffix"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getSuffix">getSuffix</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').</div><div class="long">Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">'st, 'nd', 'rd' or 'th'.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getTimezone"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getTimezone">getTimezone</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the timezone abbreviation of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'T').\r
+Override this function for international dates.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>month</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">A zero-based javascript month number.</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The short month name.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getSuffix"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getSuffix">getSuffix</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').</div><div class="long">Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">'st, 'nd', 'rd' or 'th'.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getTimezone"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getTimezone">getTimezone</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        String<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the timezone abbreviation of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'T').
 Note: The date string ret...</div><div class="long">Get the timezone abbreviation of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'T').
 Note: The date string returned by the javascript Date object's toString() method varies
 between browsers (e.g. FF vs IE) and system region settings (e.g. IE in Asia vs IE in America).
 For a given date string e.g. "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)",
 getTimezone() first tries to get the timezone abbreviation from between a pair of parentheses
 (which may or may not be present), failing which it proceeds to get the timezone abbreviation
-from the GMT offset portion of the date string.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The abbreviated timezone name (e.g. 'CST', 'PDT', 'EDT', 'MPST' ...).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getWeekOfYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getWeekOfYear">getWeekOfYear</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the numeric ISO-8601 week number of the year.\r
+from the GMT offset portion of the date string.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>String</code><div class="sub-desc">The abbreviated timezone name (e.g. 'CST', 'PDT', 'EDT', 'MPST' ...).</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-getWeekOfYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-getWeekOfYear">getWeekOfYear</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Number<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Get the numeric ISO-8601 week number of the year.
 (equivalent to the format specifier 'W', but without a leading zero...</div><div class="long">Get the numeric ISO-8601 week number of the year.
-(equivalent to the format specifier 'W', but without a leading zero).<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">1 to 53</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isDST"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isDST">isDST</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).</div><div class="long">Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">True if the current date is affected by DST.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isLeapYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isLeapYear">isLeapYear</a></b>()\r
-    :\r
-                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.</div><div class="long">Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">True if the current date falls within a leap year, false otherwise.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isValid"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isValid">isValid</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;year</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;month</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;day</code>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;hour</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;minute</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;second</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;millisecond</code>]</span>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>year</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">4-digit year</div></li><li><code>month</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">1-based month-of-year</div></li><li><code>day</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">Day of month</div></li><li><code>hour</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Hour</div></li><li><code>minute</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Minute</div></li><li><code>second</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Second</div></li><li><code>millisecond</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Millisecond</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">true if the passed parameters do not cause a Date "rollover", false otherwise.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-parseDate"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-parseDate">parseDate</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;input</code>,&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;format</code>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;strict</code>]</span>&nbsp;)\r
-    :\r
-                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Parses the passed string using the specified date format.\r
+(equivalent to the format specifier 'W', but without a leading zero).<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Number</code><div class="sub-desc">1 to 53</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isDST"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isDST">isDST</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).</div><div class="long">Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">True if the current date is affected by DST.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isLeapYear"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isLeapYear">isLeapYear</a></b>()
+    :
+                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.</div><div class="long">Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li>None.</li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">True if the current date falls within a leap year, false otherwise.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-isValid"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-isValid">isValid</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;year</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;month</code>,&nbsp;<code>Number&nbsp;day</code>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;hour</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;minute</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;second</code>]</span>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Number&nbsp;millisecond</code>]</span>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Boolean<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".<div class="mdetail-params"><strong>Parameters:</strong><ul><li><code>year</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">4-digit year</div></li><li><code>month</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">1-based month-of-year</div></li><li><code>day</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">Day of month</div></li><li><code>hour</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Hour</div></li><li><code>minute</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Minute</div></li><li><code>second</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Second</div></li><li><code>millisecond</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">(optional) Millisecond</div></li></ul><strong>Returns:</strong><ul><li><code>Boolean</code><div class="sub-desc">true if the passed parameters do not cause a Date "rollover", false otherwise.</div></li></ul></div></div></div></td><td class="msource">Date</td></tr><tr class="method-row expandable "><td class="micon"><a href="#expand" class="exi">&nbsp;</a></td><td class="sig"><a id="Date-parseDate"></a><b><a href="source/Date.html#method-Date-parseDate">parseDate</a></b>(&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;input</code>,&nbsp;<code>String&nbsp;format</code>,&nbsp;<span title="Optional" class="optional">[<code>Boolean&nbsp;strict</code>]</span>&nbsp;)
+    :
+                                        Date<div class="mdesc"><div class="short">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Parses the passed string using the specified date format.
 Note that this function expects normal calendar dates, mean...</div><div class="long">&lt;static&gt;&nbsp;Parses the passed string using the specified date format.
 Note that this function expects normal calendar dates, meaning that months are 1-based (i.e. 1 = January).
 The <a href="output/Date.html#Date-defaults" ext:member="defaults" ext:cls="Date">defaults</a> hash will be used for any date value (i.e. year, month, day, hour, minute, second or millisecond)