phpDateTimetoMomentFormat.js

(function (m) {
	/*
	 * PHP => moment.js
	 * Will take a php date format and convert it into a JS format for moment
	 * http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
	 * http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/
	 */
	var formatMap = {
			d: 'DD',
			D: 'ddd',
			j: 'D',
			l: 'dddd',
			N: 'E',
			S: function () {
				return '[' + this.format('Do').replace(/\d*/g, '') + ']';
			},
			w: 'd',
			z: function () {
				return this.format('DDD') - 1;
			},
			W: 'W',
			F: 'MMMM',
			m: 'MM',
			M: 'MMM',
			n: 'M',
			t: function () {
				return this.daysInMonth();
			},
			L: function () {
				return this.isLeapYear() ? 1 : 0;
			},
			o: 'GGGG',
			Y: 'YYYY',
			y: 'YY',
			a: 'a',
			A: 'A',
			B: function () {
				var thisUTC = this.clone().utc(),
				// Shamelessly stolen from http://javascript.about.com/library/blswatch.htm
					swatch = ((thisUTC.hours() + 1) % 24) + (thisUTC.minutes() / 60) + (thisUTC.seconds() / 3600);
				return Math.floor(swatch * 1000 / 24);
			},
			g: 'h',
			G: 'H',
			h: 'hh',
			H: 'HH',
			i: 'mm',
			s: 'ss',
			u: '[u]', // not sure if moment has this
			e: '[e]', // moment does not have this
			I: function () {
				return this.isDST() ? 1 : 0;
			},
			O: 'ZZ',
			P: 'Z',
			T: '[T]', // deprecated in moment
			Z: function () {
				return parseInt(this.format('ZZ'), 10) * 36;
			},
			c: 'YYYY-MM-DD[T]HH:mm:ssZ',
			r: 'ddd, DD MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZ',
			U: 'X'
		},
		formatEx = /[dDjlNSwzWFmMntLoYyaABgGhHisueIOPTZcrU]/g;

	moment.fn.formatPHP = function (format) {
		var that = this;

		return this.format(format.replace(formatEx, function (phpStr) {
			return typeof formatMap[phpStr] === 'function' ? formatMap[phpStr].call(that) : formatMap[phpStr];
		}));
	};
}(moment));
//Usage Example
//You can pass whatever date into the moment call and any php date format into the formatter.
moment(new Date()).formatPHP("examplePHPFormat");