Date converter hack for the 'paragraphs' osx static blogging platform. Currently, it only outputs dates in a single format. This hack gives you friendly, flexible formatting.

paragraphs-date.js

 $(document).ready(function(){

        $( ".date" ).each(function( ) {
              
              var month = $(this).text().substring(0,2);
              var day = $(this).text().substring(7,9);
              var year = $(this).text().substring(9,11);
              
              if (month == 01) {
                  var month = 'Jan';
              }
              else if (month == 02) {
                  var month = 'Feb';
              }
              else if (month == 03) {
                  var month = 'Mar';
              }
              else if (month == 04) {
                  var month = 'Apr';
              }
              else if (month == 05) {
                  var month = 'May';
              }
              else if (month == 06) {
                  var month = 'Jun';
              }
              else if (month == 07) {
                  var month = 'Jul';
              }
              else if (month == 08) {
                  var month = 'Aug';
              }
              else if (month == 09) {
                  var month = 'Sep';
              }
              else if (month == 10) {
                  var month = 'Oct';
              }
              else if (month == 11) {
                  var month = 'Nov';
              }
              else if (month == 12) {
                  var month = 'Dec';
              }
              else {
                  var month = '???';
              }
                
                $(this).replaceWith('<span class="date">' + month + " " + day + '</span>');
              
            }); // close date func

}); //close doc ready