Handy dandy javascript formatting functions

gistfile1.js

String.prototype.format = function () {
  var re = /\{\d+\}/g, args = arguments;
  return this.replace(re, function (x) {return args[x.match(/\d+/)]; });
};

// Number.toRad method
if (typeof(Number.prototype.toRad) === "undefined") {
  Number.prototype.toRad = function() {
    return this * Math.PI / 180;
  }
}

if (typeof console === "undefined" || typeof console.log === "undefined") {
  console = {}
  console.log = function(msg) {/* Suppress console logs in bad browsers */};
}

// Getting cookie values
function C$(fldNm) {
  var reCookie = new RegExp("([;\\s]|^)" + fldNm + "=([^;]*)", "i"),
  fldVal = reCookie.exec(document.cookie);
  return (fldVal) ? unescape(fldVal[2]) : "";
}

// Getting querystring values
function Q$(name) {
  var reQs, val;
  reQs = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)", "i");
  val = reQs.exec(parent.location.search);
  return (val) ? unescape(val[1]) : "";
}

// Functions for mimicking Rails time_ago_in_words function 
function distanceOfTimeInWords(to) {
  var now = new Date();
  var distance_in_milliseconds = to - now;
  var distance_in_minutes = Math.abs(distance_in_milliseconds / 60000);
  var words = "";

  if (distance_in_minutes < 1) {
    words = "seconds";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 2) {
    words = "1 min";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 45) {
    words = Math.round(distance_in_minutes) + " min";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 90) {
    words = "1 hour";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 1440) {
    words = Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 60) + " hours";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 2160) {
    words = "1 day";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 43200) {
    words = Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 1440) + " days";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 86400) {
    words = "1 month";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 525600) {
    words = Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 43200) + " months";
  } else if (distance_in_minutes < 1051200) {
    words = "1 year";
  } else {
    words = "over " + Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 525600) + " years";
  }

  return words;
}