Dustjs helper for formatting javascript date strings in templates (server-side).

dust-helper-formatDate.js

dust.helpers.formatDate = function(chunk, context, bodies, params) {
    var value = dust.helpers.tap(params.value, chunk, context),
        timestamp,
        month,
        date,
        year;
    timestamp = new Date(value);
    month = timestamp.getMonth() + 1;
    date = timestamp.getDate();
    year = timestamp.getFullYear();
    return chunk.write(month + '.' + date + '.' + year);
};

//then to use it: {@formatDate vale="{YOUR JS DATE VALUE}"/}
//how to make helpers? https://github.com/linkedin/dustjs/wiki/Dust-Tutorial#wiki-Writing_a_dust_helper