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+/**
+ * @class Ext.Date
+ * A set of useful static methods to deal with date
+ * Note that if Ext.Date is required and loaded, it will copy all methods / properties to
+ * this object for convenience
+ *
+ * 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:
+ * <pre class="">
+Format  Description                                                               Example returned values
+------  -----------------------------------------------------------------------   -----------------------
+  d     Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros                             01 to 31
+  D     A short textual representation of the day of the week                     Mon to Sun
+  j     Day of the month without leading zeros                                    1 to 31
+  l     A full textual representation of the day of the week                      Sunday to Saturday
+  N     ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week                    1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
+  S     English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters             st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
+  w     Numeric representation of the day of the week                             0 (for Sunday) to 6 (for Saturday)
+  z     The day of the year (starting from 0)                                     0 to 364 (365 in leap years)
+  W     ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday                    01 to 53
+  F     A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March        January to December
+  m     Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros                     01 to 12
+  M     A short textual representation of a month                                 Jan to Dec
+  n     Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros                  1 to 12
+  t     Number of days in the given month                                         28 to 31
+  L     Whether it&#39;s a leap year                                                  1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
+  o     ISO-8601 year number (identical to (Y), but if the ISO week number (W)    Examples: 1998 or 2004
+        belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead)
+  Y     A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits                         Examples: 1999 or 2003
+  y     A two digit representation of a year                                      Examples: 99 or 03
+  a     Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem                                 am or pm
+  A     Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem                                 AM or PM
+  g     12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros                           1 to 12
+  G     24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros                           0 to 23
+  h     12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros                              01 to 12
+  H     24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros                              00 to 23
+  i     Minutes, with leading zeros                                               00 to 59
+  s     Seconds, with leading zeros                                               00 to 59
+  u     Decimal fraction of a second                                              Examples:
+        (minimum 1 digit, arbitrary number of digits allowed)                     001 (i.e. 0.001s) or
+                                                                                  100 (i.e. 0.100s) or
+                                                                                  999 (i.e. 0.999s) or
+                                                                                  999876543210 (i.e. 0.999876543210s)
+  O     Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours and minutes                   Example: +1030
+  P     Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes   Example: -08:00
+  T     Timezone abbreviation of the machine running the code                     Examples: EST, MDT, PDT ...
+  Z     Timezone offset in seconds (negative if west of UTC, positive if east)    -43200 to 50400
+  c     ISO 8601 date
+        Notes:                                                                    Examples:
+        1) If unspecified, the month / day defaults to the current month / day,   1991 or
+           the time defaults to midnight, while the timezone defaults to the      1992-10 or
+           browser's timezone. If a time is specified, it must include both hours 1993-09-20 or
+           and minutes. The "T" delimiter, seconds, milliseconds and timezone     1994-08-19T16:20+01:00 or
+           are optional.                                                          1995-07-18T17:21:28-02:00 or
+        2) The decimal fraction of a second, if specified, must contain at        1996-06-17T18:22:29.98765+03:00 or
+           least 1 digit (there is no limit to the maximum number                 1997-05-16T19:23:30,12345-0400 or
+           of digits allowed), and may be delimited by either a '.' or a ','      1998-04-15T20:24:31.2468Z or
+        Refer to the examples on the right for the various levels of              1999-03-14T20:24:32Z or
+        date-time granularity which are supported, or see                         2000-02-13T21:25:33
+        http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime for more info.                         2001-01-12 22:26:34
+  U     Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)                1193432466 or -2138434463
+  MS    Microsoft AJAX serialized dates                                           \/Date(1238606590509)\/ (i.e. UTC milliseconds since epoch) or
+                                                                                  \/Date(1238606590509+0800)\/
+</pre>
+ *
+ * Example usage (note that you must escape format specifiers with '\\' to render them as character literals):
+ * <pre><code>
+// Sample date:
+// 'Wed Jan 10 2007 15:05:01 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)'
+
+var dt = new Date('1/10/2007 03:05:01 PM GMT-0600');
+console.log(Ext.Date.format(dt, 'Y-m-d'));                          // 2007-01-10
+console.log(Ext.Date.format(dt, 'F j, Y, g:i a'));                  // January 10, 2007, 3:05 pm
+console.log(Ext.Date.format(dt, 'l, \\t\\he jS \\of F Y h:i:s A')); // Wednesday, the 10th of January 2007 03:05:01 PM
+</code></pre>
+ *
+ * Here are some standard date/time patterns that you might find helpful.  They
+ * are not part of the source of Ext.Date, but to use them you can simply copy this
+ * block of code into any script that is included after Ext.Date and they will also become
+ * globally available on the Date object.  Feel free to add or remove patterns as needed in your code.
+ * <pre><code>
+Ext.Date.patterns = {
+    ISO8601Long:"Y-m-d H:i:s",
+    ISO8601Short:"Y-m-d",
+    ShortDate: "n/j/Y",
+    LongDate: "l, F d, Y",
+    FullDateTime: "l, F d, Y g:i:s A",
+    MonthDay: "F d",
+    ShortTime: "g:i A",
+    LongTime: "g:i:s A",
+    SortableDateTime: "Y-m-d\\TH:i:s",
+    UniversalSortableDateTime: "Y-m-d H:i:sO",
+    YearMonth: "F, Y"
+};
+</code></pre>
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ * <pre><code>
+var dt = new Date();
+console.log(Ext.Date.format(dt, Ext.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 {@link #parseFunctions} and {@link #formatFunctions}.</p>
+ * @singleton
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Most of the date-formatting functions below are the excellent work of Baron Schwartz.
+ * (see http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2005/12/12/javascript-closures-for-runtime-efficiency/)
+ * They generate precompiled functions from format patterns instead of parsing and
+ * processing each pattern every time a date is formatted. These functions are available
+ * on every Date object.
+ */
+
+(function() {
+
+// create private copy of Ext's Ext.util.Format.format() method
+// - to remove unnecessary dependency
+// - to resolve namespace conflict with MS-Ajax's implementation
+function xf(format) {
+    var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+    return format.replace(/\{(\d+)\}/g, function(m, i) {
+        return args[i];
+    });
+}
+
+Ext.Date = {
+    /**
+     * Returns the current timestamp
+     * @return {Number} The current timestamp
+     * @method
+     */
+    now: Date.now || function() {
+        return +new Date();
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * Private for now
+     */
+    toString: function(date) {
+        var pad = Ext.String.leftPad;
+
+        return date.getFullYear() + "-"
+            + pad(date.getMonth() + 1, 2, '0') + "-"
+            + pad(date.getDate(), 2, '0') + "T"
+            + pad(date.getHours(), 2, '0') + ":"
+            + pad(date.getMinutes(), 2, '0') + ":"
+            + pad(date.getSeconds(), 2, '0');
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of milliseconds between two dates
+     * @param {Date} dateA The first date
+     * @param {Date} dateB (optional) The second date, defaults to now
+     * @return {Number} The difference in milliseconds
+     */
+    getElapsed: function(dateA, dateB) {
+        return Math.abs(dateA - (dateB || new Date()));
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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 {@link #parse} for more information)
+     * Defaults to <tt>false</tt>.
+     * @type Boolean
+    */
+    useStrict: false,
+
+    // private
+    formatCodeToRegex: function(character, currentGroup) {
+        // Note: currentGroup - position in regex result array (see notes for Ext.Date.parseCodes below)
+        var p = utilDate.parseCodes[character];
+
+        if (p) {
+          p = typeof p == 'function'? p() : p;
+          utilDate.parseCodes[character] = p; // reassign function result to prevent repeated execution
+        }
+
+        return p ? Ext.applyIf({
+          c: p.c ? xf(p.c, currentGroup || "{0}") : p.c
+        }, p) : {
+            g: 0,
+            c: null,
+            s: Ext.String.escapeRegex(character) // treat unrecognised characters as literals
+        };
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * <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
+     * date formats are requested for Ext standard formatting strings.</p>
+     * <p>Custom parsing functions may be inserted into this object, keyed by a name which from then on
+     * may be used as a format string to {@link #parse}.<p>
+     * <p>Example:</p><pre><code>
+Ext.Date.parseFunctions['x-date-format'] = myDateParser;
+</code></pre>
+     * <p>A parsing function should return a Date object, and is passed the following parameters:<div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
+     * <li><code>date</code> : String<div class="sub-desc">The date string to parse.</div></li>
+     * <li><code>strict</code> : Boolean<div class="sub-desc">True to validate date strings while parsing
+     * (i.e. prevent javascript Date "rollover") (The default must be false).
+     * 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 {@link #formatFunctions} property.
+     * @property parseFunctions
+     * @type Object
+     */
+    parseFunctions: {
+        "MS": function(input, strict) {
+            // note: the timezone offset is ignored since the MS Ajax server sends
+            // a UTC milliseconds-since-Unix-epoch value (negative values are allowed)
+            var re = new RegExp('\\/Date\\(([-+])?(\\d+)(?:[+-]\\d{4})?\\)\\/'),
+                r = (input || '').match(re);
+            return r? new Date(((r[1] || '') + r[2]) * 1) : null;
+        }
+    },
+    parseRegexes: [],
+
+    /**
+     * <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 {@link #format}. Example:</p><pre><code>
+Ext.Date.formatFunctions['x-date-format'] = myDateFormatter;
+</code></pre>
+     * <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 {@link #parseFunctions} property.
+     * @property formatFunctions
+     * @type Object
+     */
+    formatFunctions: {
+        "MS": function() {
+            // UTC milliseconds since Unix epoch (MS-AJAX serialized date format (MRSF))
+            return '\\/Date(' + this.getTime() + ')\\/';
+        }
+    },
+
+    y2kYear : 50,
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    MILLI : "ms",
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    SECOND : "s",
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    MINUTE : "mi",
+
+    /** Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    HOUR : "h",
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    DAY : "d",
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    MONTH : "mo",
+
+    /**
+     * Date interval constant
+     * @type String
+     */
+    YEAR : "y",
+
+    /**
+     * <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>
+     * <li><code>m</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default 1-based month value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * <li><code>d</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default day value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * <li><code>h</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default hour value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * <li><code>i</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default minute value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * <li><code>s</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default second value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * <li><code>ms</code> : Number<div class="sub-desc">The default millisecond value. (defaults to undefined)</div></li>
+     * </ul></div></p>
+     * <p>Override these properties to customize the default date values used by the {@link #parse} method.</p>
+     * <p><b>Note: In countries which experience Daylight Saving Time (i.e. DST), the <tt>h</tt>, <tt>i</tt>, <tt>s</tt>
+     * and <tt>ms</tt> properties may coincide with the exact time in which DST takes effect.
+     * It is the responsiblity of the developer to account for this.</b></p>
+     * Example Usage:
+     * <pre><code>
+// set default day value to the first day of the month
+Ext.Date.defaults.d = 1;
+
+// parse a February date string containing only year and month values.
+// setting the default day value to 1 prevents weird date rollover issues
+// when attempting to parse the following date string on, for example, March 31st 2009.
+Ext.Date.parse('2009-02', 'Y-m'); // returns a Date object representing February 1st 2009
+</code></pre>
+     * @property defaults
+     * @type Object
+     */
+    defaults: {},
+
+    //<locale type="array">
+    /**
+     * @property {String[]} dayNames
+     * An array of textual day names.
+     * Override these values for international dates.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+Ext.Date.dayNames = [
+    'SundayInYourLang',
+    'MondayInYourLang',
+    ...
+];
+</code></pre>
+     */
+    dayNames : [
+        "Sunday",
+        "Monday",
+        "Tuesday",
+        "Wednesday",
+        "Thursday",
+        "Friday",
+        "Saturday"
+    ],
+    //</locale>
+
+    //<locale type="array">
+    /**
+     * @property {String[]} monthNames
+     * An array of textual month names.
+     * Override these values for international dates.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+Ext.Date.monthNames = [
+    'JanInYourLang',
+    'FebInYourLang',
+    ...
+];
+</code></pre>
+     */
+    monthNames : [
+        "January",
+        "February",
+        "March",
+        "April",
+        "May",
+        "June",
+        "July",
+        "August",
+        "September",
+        "October",
+        "November",
+        "December"
+    ],
+    //</locale>
+
+    //<locale type="object">
+    /**
+     * @property {Object} monthNumbers
+     * An object hash of zero-based javascript month numbers (with short month names as keys. note: keys are case-sensitive).
+     * Override these values for international dates.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+Ext.Date.monthNumbers = {
+    'LongJanNameInYourLang': 0,
+    'ShortJanNameInYourLang':0,
+    'LongFebNameInYourLang':1,
+    'ShortFebNameInYourLang':1,
+    ...
+};
+</code></pre>
+     */
+    monthNumbers : {
+        January: 0,
+        Jan: 0,
+        February: 1,
+        Feb: 1,
+        March: 2,
+        Mar: 2,
+        April: 3,
+        Apr: 3,
+        May: 4,
+        June: 5,
+        Jun: 5,
+        July: 6,
+        Jul: 6,
+        August: 7,
+        Aug: 7,
+        September: 8,
+        Sep: 8,
+        October: 9,
+        Oct: 9,
+        November: 10,
+        Nov: 10,
+        December: 11,
+        Dec: 11
+    },
+    //</locale>
+    
+    //<locale>
+    /**
+     * @property {String} defaultFormat
+     * <p>The date format string that the {@link Ext.util.Format#dateRenderer}
+     * and {@link Ext.util.Format#date} functions use.  See {@link Ext.Date} for details.</p>
+     * <p>This may be overridden in a locale file.</p>
+     */
+    defaultFormat : "m/d/Y",
+    //</locale>
+    //<locale type="function">
+    /**
+     * Get the short month name for the given month number.
+     * Override this function for international dates.
+     * @param {Number} month A zero-based javascript month number.
+     * @return {String} The short month name.
+     */
+    getShortMonthName : function(month) {
+        return Ext.Date.monthNames[month].substring(0, 3);
+    },
+    //</locale>
+
+    //<locale type="function">
+    /**
+     * Get the short day name for the given day number.
+     * Override this function for international dates.
+     * @param {Number} day A zero-based javascript day number.
+     * @return {String} The short day name.
+     */
+    getShortDayName : function(day) {
+        return Ext.Date.dayNames[day].substring(0, 3);
+    },
+    //</locale>
+
+    //<locale type="function">
+    /**
+     * Get the zero-based javascript month number for the given short/full month name.
+     * Override this function for international dates.
+     * @param {String} name The short/full month name.
+     * @return {Number} The zero-based javascript month number.
+     */
+    getMonthNumber : function(name) {
+        // handle camel casing for english month names (since the keys for the Ext.Date.monthNumbers hash are case sensitive)
+        return Ext.Date.monthNumbers[name.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + name.substring(1, 3).toLowerCase()];
+    },
+    //</locale>
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the specified format contains hour information
+     * @param {String} format The format to check
+     * @return {Boolean} True if the format contains hour information
+     * @method
+     */
+    formatContainsHourInfo : (function(){
+        var stripEscapeRe = /(\\.)/g,
+            hourInfoRe = /([gGhHisucUOPZ]|MS)/;
+        return function(format){
+            return hourInfoRe.test(format.replace(stripEscapeRe, ''));
+        };
+    }()),
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the specified format contains information about
+     * anything other than the time.
+     * @param {String} format The format to check
+     * @return {Boolean} True if the format contains information about
+     * date/day information.
+     * @method
+     */
+    formatContainsDateInfo : (function(){
+        var stripEscapeRe = /(\\.)/g,
+            dateInfoRe = /([djzmnYycU]|MS)/;
+
+        return function(format){
+            return dateInfoRe.test(format.replace(stripEscapeRe, ''));
+        };
+    }()),
+    
+    /**
+     * Removes all escaping for a date format string. In date formats,
+     * using a '\' can be used to escape special characters.
+     * @param {String} format The format to unescape
+     * @return {String} The unescaped format
+     * @method
+     */
+    unescapeFormat: (function() { 
+        var slashRe = /\\/gi;
+        return function(format) {
+            // Escape the format, since \ can be used to escape special
+            // characters in a date format. For example, in a spanish
+            // locale the format may be: 'd \\de F \\de Y'
+            return format.replace(slashRe, '');
+        }
+    }()),
+
+    /**
+     * The base format-code to formatting-function hashmap used by the {@link #format} 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
+     * from which the {@link #format} method is called.
+     * Add to / override these mappings for custom date formatting.
+     * Note: Ext.Date.format() treats characters as literals if an appropriate mapping cannot be found.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+Ext.Date.formatCodes.x = "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getDate(), 2, '0')";
+console.log(Ext.Date.format(new Date(), 'X'); // returns the current day of the month
+</code></pre>
+     * @type Object
+     */
+    formatCodes : {
+        d: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getDate(), 2, '0')",
+        D: "Ext.Date.getShortDayName(this.getDay())", // get localised short day name
+        j: "this.getDate()",
+        l: "Ext.Date.dayNames[this.getDay()]",
+        N: "(this.getDay() ? this.getDay() : 7)",
+        S: "Ext.Date.getSuffix(this)",
+        w: "this.getDay()",
+        z: "Ext.Date.getDayOfYear(this)",
+        W: "Ext.String.leftPad(Ext.Date.getWeekOfYear(this), 2, '0')",
+        F: "Ext.Date.monthNames[this.getMonth()]",
+        m: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getMonth() + 1, 2, '0')",
+        M: "Ext.Date.getShortMonthName(this.getMonth())", // get localised short month name
+        n: "(this.getMonth() + 1)",
+        t: "Ext.Date.getDaysInMonth(this)",
+        L: "(Ext.Date.isLeapYear(this) ? 1 : 0)",
+        o: "(this.getFullYear() + (Ext.Date.getWeekOfYear(this) == 1 && this.getMonth() > 0 ? +1 : (Ext.Date.getWeekOfYear(this) >= 52 && this.getMonth() < 11 ? -1 : 0)))",
+        Y: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getFullYear(), 4, '0')",
+        y: "('' + this.getFullYear()).substring(2, 4)",
+        a: "(this.getHours() < 12 ? 'am' : 'pm')",
+        A: "(this.getHours() < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM')",
+        g: "((this.getHours() % 12) ? this.getHours() % 12 : 12)",
+        G: "this.getHours()",
+        h: "Ext.String.leftPad((this.getHours() % 12) ? this.getHours() % 12 : 12, 2, '0')",
+        H: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getHours(), 2, '0')",
+        i: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getMinutes(), 2, '0')",
+        s: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getSeconds(), 2, '0')",
+        u: "Ext.String.leftPad(this.getMilliseconds(), 3, '0')",
+        O: "Ext.Date.getGMTOffset(this)",
+        P: "Ext.Date.getGMTOffset(this, true)",
+        T: "Ext.Date.getTimezone(this)",
+        Z: "(this.getTimezoneOffset() * -60)",
+
+        c: function() { // ISO-8601 -- GMT format
+            var c, code, i, l, e;
+            for (c = "Y-m-dTH:i:sP", code = [], i = 0, l = c.length; i < l; ++i) {
+                e = c.charAt(i);
+                code.push(e == "T" ? "'T'" : utilDate.getFormatCode(e)); // treat T as a character literal
+            }
+            return code.join(" + ");
+        },
+        /*
+        c: function() { // ISO-8601 -- UTC format
+            return [
+              "this.getUTCFullYear()", "'-'",
+              "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getUTCMonth() + 1, 2, '0')", "'-'",
+              "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getUTCDate(), 2, '0')",
+              "'T'",
+              "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getUTCHours(), 2, '0')", "':'",
+              "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getUTCMinutes(), 2, '0')", "':'",
+              "Ext.util.Format.leftPad(this.getUTCSeconds(), 2, '0')",
+              "'Z'"
+            ].join(" + ");
+        },
+        */
+
+        U: "Math.round(this.getTime() / 1000)"
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the passed Date parameters will cause a javascript Date "rollover".
+     * @param {Number} year 4-digit year
+     * @param {Number} month 1-based month-of-year
+     * @param {Number} day Day of month
+     * @param {Number} hour (optional) Hour
+     * @param {Number} minute (optional) Minute
+     * @param {Number} second (optional) Second
+     * @param {Number} millisecond (optional) Millisecond
+     * @return {Boolean} true if the passed parameters do not cause a Date "rollover", false otherwise.
+     */
+    isValid : function(y, m, d, h, i, s, ms) {
+        // setup defaults
+        h = h || 0;
+        i = i || 0;
+        s = s || 0;
+        ms = ms || 0;
+
+        // Special handling for year < 100
+        var dt = utilDate.add(new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, m - 1, d, h, i, s, ms), utilDate.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);
+
+        return y == dt.getFullYear() &&
+            m == dt.getMonth() + 1 &&
+            d == dt.getDate() &&
+            h == dt.getHours() &&
+            i == dt.getMinutes() &&
+            s == dt.getSeconds() &&
+            ms == dt.getMilliseconds();
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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 {@link #defaults} hash will be used for any date value (i.e. year, month, day, hour, minute, second or millisecond)
+     * which cannot be found in the passed string. If a corresponding default date value has not been specified in the {@link #defaults} hash,
+     * the current date's year, month, day or DST-adjusted zero-hour time value will be used instead.
+     * Keep in mind that the input date string must precisely match the specified format string
+     * in order for the parse operation to be successful (failed parse operations return a null value).
+     * <p>Example:</p><pre><code>
+//dt = Fri May 25 2007 (current date)
+var dt = new Date();
+
+//dt = Thu May 25 2006 (today&#39;s month/day in 2006)
+dt = Ext.Date.parse("2006", "Y");
+
+//dt = Sun Jan 15 2006 (all date parts specified)
+dt = Ext.Date.parse("2006-01-15", "Y-m-d");
+
+//dt = Sun Jan 15 2006 15:20:01
+dt = Ext.Date.parse("2006-01-15 3:20:01 PM", "Y-m-d g:i:s A");
+
+// attempt to parse Sun Feb 29 2006 03:20:01 in strict mode
+dt = Ext.Date.parse("2006-02-29 03:20:01", "Y-m-d H:i:s", true); // returns null
+</code></pre>
+     * @param {String} input The raw date string.
+     * @param {String} format The expected date string format.
+     * @param {Boolean} strict (optional) True to validate date strings while parsing (i.e. prevents javascript Date "rollover")
+                        (defaults to false). Invalid date strings will return null when parsed.
+     * @return {Date} The parsed Date.
+     */
+    parse : function(input, format, strict) {
+        var p = utilDate.parseFunctions;
+        if (p[format] == null) {
+            utilDate.createParser(format);
+        }
+        return p[format](input, Ext.isDefined(strict) ? strict : utilDate.useStrict);
+    },
+
+    // Backwards compat
+    parseDate: function(input, format, strict){
+        return utilDate.parse(input, format, strict);
+    },
+
+
+    // private
+    getFormatCode : function(character) {
+        var f = utilDate.formatCodes[character];
+
+        if (f) {
+          f = typeof f == 'function'? f() : f;
+          utilDate.formatCodes[character] = f; // reassign function result to prevent repeated execution
+        }
+
+        // note: unknown characters are treated as literals
+        return f || ("'" + Ext.String.escape(character) + "'");
+    },
+
+    // private
+    createFormat : function(format) {
+        var code = [],
+            special = false,
+            ch = '',
+            i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < format.length; ++i) {
+            ch = format.charAt(i);
+            if (!special && ch == "\\") {
+                special = true;
+            } else if (special) {
+                special = false;
+                code.push("'" + Ext.String.escape(ch) + "'");
+            } else {
+                code.push(utilDate.getFormatCode(ch));
+            }
+        }
+        utilDate.formatFunctions[format] = Ext.functionFactory("return " + code.join('+'));
+    },
+
+    // private
+    createParser : (function() {
+        var code = [
+            "var dt, y, m, d, h, i, s, ms, o, z, zz, u, v,",
+                "def = Ext.Date.defaults,",
+                "results = String(input).match(Ext.Date.parseRegexes[{0}]);", // either null, or an array of matched strings
+
+            "if(results){",
+                "{1}",
+
+                "if(u != null){", // i.e. unix time is defined
+                    "v = new Date(u * 1000);", // give top priority to UNIX time
+                "}else{",
+                    // create Date object representing midnight of the current day;
+                    // this will provide us with our date defaults
+                    // (note: clearTime() handles Daylight Saving Time automatically)
+                    "dt = Ext.Date.clearTime(new Date);",
+
+                    // date calculations (note: these calculations create a dependency on Ext.Number.from())
+                    "y = Ext.Number.from(y, Ext.Number.from(def.y, dt.getFullYear()));",
+                    "m = Ext.Number.from(m, Ext.Number.from(def.m - 1, dt.getMonth()));",
+                    "d = Ext.Number.from(d, Ext.Number.from(def.d, dt.getDate()));",
+
+                    // time calculations (note: these calculations create a dependency on Ext.Number.from())
+                    "h  = Ext.Number.from(h, Ext.Number.from(def.h, dt.getHours()));",
+                    "i  = Ext.Number.from(i, Ext.Number.from(def.i, dt.getMinutes()));",
+                    "s  = Ext.Number.from(s, Ext.Number.from(def.s, dt.getSeconds()));",
+                    "ms = Ext.Number.from(ms, Ext.Number.from(def.ms, dt.getMilliseconds()));",
+
+                    "if(z >= 0 && y >= 0){",
+                        // both the year and zero-based day of year are defined and >= 0.
+                        // these 2 values alone provide sufficient info to create a full date object
+
+                        // create Date object representing January 1st for the given year
+                        // handle years < 100 appropriately
+                        "v = Ext.Date.add(new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, 0, 1, h, i, s, ms), Ext.Date.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);",
+
+                        // then add day of year, checking for Date "rollover" if necessary
+                        "v = !strict? v : (strict === true && (z <= 364 || (Ext.Date.isLeapYear(v) && z <= 365))? Ext.Date.add(v, Ext.Date.DAY, z) : null);",
+                    "}else if(strict === true && !Ext.Date.isValid(y, m + 1, d, h, i, s, ms)){", // check for Date "rollover"
+                        "v = null;", // invalid date, so return null
+                    "}else{",
+                        // plain old Date object
+                        // handle years < 100 properly
+                        "v = Ext.Date.add(new Date(y < 100 ? 100 : y, m, d, h, i, s, ms), Ext.Date.YEAR, y < 100 ? y - 100 : 0);",
+                    "}",
+                "}",
+            "}",
+
+            "if(v){",
+                // favour UTC offset over GMT offset
+                "if(zz != null){",
+                    // reset to UTC, then add offset
+                    "v = Ext.Date.add(v, Ext.Date.SECOND, -v.getTimezoneOffset() * 60 - zz);",
+                "}else if(o){",
+                    // reset to GMT, then add offset
+                    "v = Ext.Date.add(v, Ext.Date.MINUTE, -v.getTimezoneOffset() + (sn == '+'? -1 : 1) * (hr * 60 + mn));",
+                "}",
+            "}",
+
+            "return v;"
+        ].join('\n');
+
+        return function(format) {
+            var regexNum = utilDate.parseRegexes.length,
+                currentGroup = 1,
+                calc = [],
+                regex = [],
+                special = false,
+                ch = "",
+                i = 0,
+                len = format.length,
+                atEnd = [],
+                obj;
+
+            for (; i < len; ++i) {
+                ch = format.charAt(i);
+                if (!special && ch == "\\") {
+                    special = true;
+                } else if (special) {
+                    special = false;
+                    regex.push(Ext.String.escape(ch));
+                } else {
+                    obj = utilDate.formatCodeToRegex(ch, currentGroup);
+                    currentGroup += obj.g;
+                    regex.push(obj.s);
+                    if (obj.g && obj.c) {
+                        if (obj.calcAtEnd) {
+                            atEnd.push(obj.c);
+                        } else {
+                            calc.push(obj.c);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
+            calc = calc.concat(atEnd);
+
+            utilDate.parseRegexes[regexNum] = new RegExp("^" + regex.join('') + "$", 'i');
+            utilDate.parseFunctions[format] = Ext.functionFactory("input", "strict", xf(code, regexNum, calc.join('')));
+        };
+    }()),
+
+    // private
+    parseCodes : {
+        /*
+         * Notes:
+         * g = {Number} calculation group (0 or 1. only group 1 contributes to date calculations.)
+         * c = {String} calculation method (required for group 1. null for group 0. {0} = currentGroup - position in regex result array)
+         * s = {String} regex pattern. all matches are stored in results[], and are accessible by the calculation mapped to 'c'
+         */
+        d: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"d = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(3[0-1]|[1-2][0-9]|0[1-9])" // day of month with leading zeroes (01 - 31)
+        },
+        j: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"d = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(3[0-1]|[1-2][0-9]|[1-9])" // day of month without leading zeroes (1 - 31)
+        },
+        D: function() {
+            for (var a = [], i = 0; i < 7; a.push(utilDate.getShortDayName(i)), ++i); // get localised short day names
+            return {
+                g:0,
+                c:null,
+                s:"(?:" + a.join("|") +")"
+            };
+        },
+        l: function() {
+            return {
+                g:0,
+                c:null,
+                s:"(?:" + utilDate.dayNames.join("|") + ")"
+            };
+        },
+        N: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"[1-7]" // ISO-8601 day number (1 (monday) - 7 (sunday))
+        },
+        //<locale type="object" property="parseCodes">
+        S: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"(?:st|nd|rd|th)"
+        },
+        //</locale>
+        w: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"[0-6]" // javascript day number (0 (sunday) - 6 (saturday))
+        },
+        z: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"z = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(\\d{1,3})" // day of the year (0 - 364 (365 in leap years))
+        },
+        W: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"(?:\\d{2})" // ISO-8601 week number (with leading zero)
+        },
+        F: function() {
+            return {
+                g:1,
+                c:"m = parseInt(Ext.Date.getMonthNumber(results[{0}]), 10);\n", // get localised month number
+                s:"(" + utilDate.monthNames.join("|") + ")"
+            };
+        },
+        M: function() {
+            for (var a = [], i = 0; i < 12; a.push(utilDate.getShortMonthName(i)), ++i); // get localised short month names
+            return Ext.applyIf({
+                s:"(" + a.join("|") + ")"
+            }, utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("F"));
+        },
+        m: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"m = parseInt(results[{0}], 10) - 1;\n",
+            s:"(1[0-2]|0[1-9])" // month number with leading zeros (01 - 12)
+        },
+        n: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"m = parseInt(results[{0}], 10) - 1;\n",
+            s:"(1[0-2]|[1-9])" // month number without leading zeros (1 - 12)
+        },
+        t: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"(?:\\d{2})" // no. of days in the month (28 - 31)
+        },
+        L: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"(?:1|0)"
+        },
+        o: function() {
+            return utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("Y");
+        },
+        Y: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"y = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(\\d{4})" // 4-digit year
+        },
+        y: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"var ty = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n"
+                + "y = ty > Ext.Date.y2kYear ? 1900 + ty : 2000 + ty;\n", // 2-digit year
+            s:"(\\d{1,2})"
+        },
+        /*
+         * In the am/pm parsing routines, we allow both upper and lower case
+         * even though it doesn't exactly match the spec. It gives much more flexibility
+         * in being able to specify case insensitive regexes.
+         */
+        //<locale type="object" property="parseCodes">
+        a: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"if (/(am)/i.test(results[{0}])) {\n"
+                + "if (!h || h == 12) { h = 0; }\n"
+                + "} else { if (!h || h < 12) { h = (h || 0) + 12; }}",
+            s:"(am|pm|AM|PM)",
+            calcAtEnd: true
+        },
+        //</locale>
+        //<locale type="object" property="parseCodes">
+        A: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"if (/(am)/i.test(results[{0}])) {\n"
+                + "if (!h || h == 12) { h = 0; }\n"
+                + "} else { if (!h || h < 12) { h = (h || 0) + 12; }}",
+            s:"(AM|PM|am|pm)",
+            calcAtEnd: true
+        },
+        //</locale>
+        g: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(1[0-2]|[0-9])" //  12-hr format of an hour without leading zeroes (1 - 12)
+        },
+        G: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(2[0-3]|1[0-9]|[0-9])" // 24-hr format of an hour without leading zeroes (0 - 23)
+        },
+        h: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(1[0-2]|0[1-9])" //  12-hr format of an hour with leading zeroes (01 - 12)
+        },
+        H: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"h = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(2[0-3]|[0-1][0-9])" //  24-hr format of an hour with leading zeroes (00 - 23)
+        },
+        i: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"i = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"([0-5][0-9])" // minutes with leading zeros (00 - 59)
+        },
+        s: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"s = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"([0-5][0-9])" // seconds with leading zeros (00 - 59)
+        },
+        u: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"ms = results[{0}]; ms = parseInt(ms, 10)/Math.pow(10, ms.length - 3);\n",
+            s:"(\\d+)" // decimal fraction of a second (minimum = 1 digit, maximum = unlimited)
+        },
+        O: {
+            g:1,
+            c:[
+                "o = results[{0}];",
+                "var sn = o.substring(0,1),", // get + / - sign
+                    "hr = o.substring(1,3)*1 + Math.floor(o.substring(3,5) / 60),", // get hours (performs minutes-to-hour conversion also, just in case)
+                    "mn = o.substring(3,5) % 60;", // get minutes
+                "o = ((-12 <= (hr*60 + mn)/60) && ((hr*60 + mn)/60 <= 14))? (sn + Ext.String.leftPad(hr, 2, '0') + Ext.String.leftPad(mn, 2, '0')) : null;\n" // -12hrs <= GMT offset <= 14hrs
+            ].join("\n"),
+            s: "([+-]\\d{4})" // GMT offset in hrs and mins
+        },
+        P: {
+            g:1,
+            c:[
+                "o = results[{0}];",
+                "var sn = o.substring(0,1),", // get + / - sign
+                    "hr = o.substring(1,3)*1 + Math.floor(o.substring(4,6) / 60),", // get hours (performs minutes-to-hour conversion also, just in case)
+                    "mn = o.substring(4,6) % 60;", // get minutes
+                "o = ((-12 <= (hr*60 + mn)/60) && ((hr*60 + mn)/60 <= 14))? (sn + Ext.String.leftPad(hr, 2, '0') + Ext.String.leftPad(mn, 2, '0')) : null;\n" // -12hrs <= GMT offset <= 14hrs
+            ].join("\n"),
+            s: "([+-]\\d{2}:\\d{2})" // GMT offset in hrs and mins (with colon separator)
+        },
+        T: {
+            g:0,
+            c:null,
+            s:"[A-Z]{1,4}" // timezone abbrev. may be between 1 - 4 chars
+        },
+        Z: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"zz = results[{0}] * 1;\n" // -43200 <= UTC offset <= 50400
+                  + "zz = (-43200 <= zz && zz <= 50400)? zz : null;\n",
+            s:"([+-]?\\d{1,5})" // leading '+' sign is optional for UTC offset
+        },
+        c: function() {
+            var calc = [],
+                arr = [
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("Y", 1), // year
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("m", 2), // month
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("d", 3), // day
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("H", 4), // hour
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("i", 5), // minute
+                    utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("s", 6), // second
+                    {c:"ms = results[7] || '0'; ms = parseInt(ms, 10)/Math.pow(10, ms.length - 3);\n"}, // decimal fraction of a second (minimum = 1 digit, maximum = unlimited)
+                    {c:[ // allow either "Z" (i.e. UTC) or "-0530" or "+08:00" (i.e. UTC offset) timezone delimiters. assumes local timezone if no timezone is specified
+                        "if(results[8]) {", // timezone specified
+                            "if(results[8] == 'Z'){",
+                                "zz = 0;", // UTC
+                            "}else if (results[8].indexOf(':') > -1){",
+                                utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("P", 8).c, // timezone offset with colon separator
+                            "}else{",
+                                utilDate.formatCodeToRegex("O", 8).c, // timezone offset without colon separator
+                            "}",
+                        "}"
+                    ].join('\n')}
+                ],
+                i,
+                l;
+
+            for (i = 0, l = arr.length; i < l; ++i) {
+                calc.push(arr[i].c);
+            }
+
+            return {
+                g:1,
+                c:calc.join(""),
+                s:[
+                    arr[0].s, // year (required)
+                    "(?:", "-", arr[1].s, // month (optional)
+                        "(?:", "-", arr[2].s, // day (optional)
+                            "(?:",
+                                "(?:T| )?", // time delimiter -- either a "T" or a single blank space
+                                arr[3].s, ":", arr[4].s,  // hour AND minute, delimited by a single colon (optional). MUST be preceded by either a "T" or a single blank space
+                                "(?::", arr[5].s, ")?", // seconds (optional)
+                                "(?:(?:\\.|,)(\\d+))?", // decimal fraction of a second (e.g. ",12345" or ".98765") (optional)
+                                "(Z|(?:[-+]\\d{2}(?::)?\\d{2}))?", // "Z" (UTC) or "-0530" (UTC offset without colon delimiter) or "+08:00" (UTC offset with colon delimiter) (optional)
+                            ")?",
+                        ")?",
+                    ")?"
+                ].join("")
+            };
+        },
+        U: {
+            g:1,
+            c:"u = parseInt(results[{0}], 10);\n",
+            s:"(-?\\d+)" // leading minus sign indicates seconds before UNIX epoch
+        }
+    },
+
+    //Old Ext.Date prototype methods.
+    // private
+    dateFormat: function(date, format) {
+        return utilDate.format(date, format);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Compares if two dates are equal by comparing their values.
+     * @param {Date} date1
+     * @param {Date} date2
+     * @return {Boolean} True if the date values are equal
+     */
+    isEqual: function(date1, date2) {
+        // check we have 2 date objects
+        if (date1 && date2) {
+            return (date1.getTime() === date2.getTime());
+        }
+        // one or both isn't a date, only equal if both are falsey
+        return !(date1 || date2);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Formats a date given the supplied format string.
+     * @param {Date} date The date to format
+     * @param {String} format The format string
+     * @return {String} The formatted date or an empty string if date parameter is not a JavaScript Date object
+     */
+    format: function(date, format) {
+        var formatFunctions = utilDate.formatFunctions;
+
+        if (!Ext.isDate(date)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        if (formatFunctions[format] == null) {
+            utilDate.createFormat(format);
+        }
+
+        return formatFunctions[format].call(date) + '';
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {String} The abbreviated timezone name (e.g. 'CST', 'PDT', 'EDT', 'MPST' ...).
+     */
+    getTimezone : function(date) {
+        // the following list shows the differences between date strings from different browsers on a WinXP SP2 machine from an Asian locale:
+        //
+        // Opera  : "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:53:45 GMT+0800" -- shortest (weirdest) date string of the lot
+        // Safari : "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)" -- value in parentheses always gives the correct timezone (same as FF)
+        // FF     : "Thu Oct 25 2007 22:55:35 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)" -- value in parentheses always gives the correct timezone
+        // IE     : "Thu Oct 25 22:54:35 UTC+0800 2007" -- (Asian system setting) look for 3-4 letter timezone abbrev
+        // IE     : "Thu Oct 25 17:06:37 PDT 2007" -- (American system setting) look for 3-4 letter timezone abbrev
+        //
+        // this crazy regex attempts to guess the correct timezone abbreviation despite these differences.
+        // step 1: (?:\((.*)\) -- find timezone in parentheses
+        // step 2: ([A-Z]{1,4})(?:[\-+][0-9]{4})?(?: -?\d+)?) -- if nothing was found in step 1, find timezone from timezone offset portion of date string
+        // step 3: remove all non uppercase characters found in step 1 and 2
+        return date.toString().replace(/^.* (?:\((.*)\)|([A-Z]{1,4})(?:[\-+][0-9]{4})?(?: -?\d+)?)$/, "$1$2").replace(/[^A-Z]/g, "");
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Get the offset from GMT of the current date (equivalent to the format specifier 'O').
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @param {Boolean} colon (optional) true to separate the hours and minutes with a colon (defaults to false).
+     * @return {String} The 4-character offset string prefixed with + or - (e.g. '-0600').
+     */
+    getGMTOffset : function(date, colon) {
+        var offset = date.getTimezoneOffset();
+        return (offset > 0 ? "-" : "+")
+            + Ext.String.leftPad(Math.floor(Math.abs(offset) / 60), 2, "0")
+            + (colon ? ":" : "")
+            + Ext.String.leftPad(Math.abs(offset % 60), 2, "0");
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Get the numeric day number of the year, adjusted for leap year.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Number} 0 to 364 (365 in leap years).
+     */
+    getDayOfYear: function(date) {
+        var num = 0,
+            d = Ext.Date.clone(date),
+            m = date.getMonth(),
+            i;
+
+        for (i = 0, d.setDate(1), d.setMonth(0); i < m; d.setMonth(++i)) {
+            num += utilDate.getDaysInMonth(d);
+        }
+        return num + date.getDate() - 1;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Get the numeric ISO-8601 week number of the year.
+     * (equivalent to the format specifier 'W', but without a leading zero).
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Number} 1 to 53
+     * @method
+     */
+    getWeekOfYear : (function() {
+        // adapted from http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/weekcalc.htm
+        var ms1d = 864e5, // milliseconds in a day
+            ms7d = 7 * ms1d; // milliseconds in a week
+
+        return function(date) { // return a closure so constants get calculated only once
+            var DC3 = Date.UTC(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() + 3) / ms1d, // an Absolute Day Number
+                AWN = Math.floor(DC3 / 7), // an Absolute Week Number
+                Wyr = new Date(AWN * ms7d).getUTCFullYear();
+
+            return AWN - Math.floor(Date.UTC(Wyr, 0, 7) / ms7d) + 1;
+        };
+    }()),
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the current date falls within a leap year.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Boolean} True if the current date falls within a leap year, false otherwise.
+     */
+    isLeapYear : function(date) {
+        var year = date.getFullYear();
+        return !!((year & 3) == 0 && (year % 100 || (year % 400 == 0 && year)));
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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 {@link #monthNames} array to retrieve the textual day name.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+var dt = new Date('1/10/2007'),
+    firstDay = Ext.Date.getFirstDayOfMonth(dt);
+console.log(Ext.Date.dayNames[firstDay]); //output: 'Monday'
+     * </code></pre>
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Number} The day number (0-6).
+     */
+    getFirstDayOfMonth : function(date) {
+        var day = (date.getDay() - (date.getDate() - 1)) % 7;
+        return (day < 0) ? (day + 7) : day;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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 {@link #monthNames} array to retrieve the textual day name.
+     * Example:
+     * <pre><code>
+var dt = new Date('1/10/2007'),
+    lastDay = Ext.Date.getLastDayOfMonth(dt);
+console.log(Ext.Date.dayNames[lastDay]); //output: 'Wednesday'
+     * </code></pre>
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Number} The day number (0-6).
+     */
+    getLastDayOfMonth : function(date) {
+        return utilDate.getLastDateOfMonth(date).getDay();
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get the date of the first day of the month in which this date resides.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Date}
+     */
+    getFirstDateOfMonth : function(date) {
+        return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), 1);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Get the date of the last day of the month in which this date resides.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Date}
+     */
+    getLastDateOfMonth : function(date) {
+        return new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), utilDate.getDaysInMonth(date));
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Get the number of days in the current month, adjusted for leap year.
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Number} The number of days in the month.
+     * @method
+     */
+    getDaysInMonth: (function() {
+        var daysInMonth = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
+
+        return function(date) { // return a closure for efficiency
+            var m = date.getMonth();
+
+            return m == 1 && utilDate.isLeapYear(date) ? 29 : daysInMonth[m];
+        };
+    }()),
+
+    //<locale type="function">
+    /**
+     * Get the English ordinal suffix of the current day (equivalent to the format specifier 'S').
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {String} 'st, 'nd', 'rd' or 'th'.
+     */
+    getSuffix : function(date) {
+        switch (date.getDate()) {
+            case 1:
+            case 21:
+            case 31:
+                return "st";
+            case 2:
+            case 22:
+                return "nd";
+            case 3:
+            case 23:
+                return "rd";
+            default:
+                return "th";
+        }
+    },
+    //</locale>
+
+    /**
+     * 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
+     * modify the original instance, you should create a clone.
+     *
+     * Example of correctly cloning a date:
+     * <pre><code>
+//wrong way:
+var orig = new Date('10/1/2006');
+var copy = orig;
+copy.setDate(5);
+console.log(orig);  //returns 'Thu Oct 05 2006'!
+
+//correct way:
+var orig = new Date('10/1/2006'),
+    copy = Ext.Date.clone(orig);
+copy.setDate(5);
+console.log(orig);  //returns 'Thu Oct 01 2006'
+     * </code></pre>
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Date} The new Date instance.
+     */
+    clone : function(date) {
+        return new Date(date.getTime());
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the current date is affected by Daylight Saving Time (DST).
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @return {Boolean} True if the current date is affected by DST.
+     */
+    isDST : function(date) {
+        // adapted from http://sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?p=247172#post247172
+        // courtesy of @geoffrey.mcgill
+        return new Date(date.getFullYear(), 0, 1).getTimezoneOffset() != date.getTimezoneOffset();
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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)
+     * @param {Date} date The date
+     * @param {Boolean} clone true to create a clone of this date, clear the time and return it (defaults to false).
+     * @return {Date} this or the clone.
+     */
+    clearTime : function(date, clone) {
+        if (clone) {
+            return Ext.Date.clearTime(Ext.Date.clone(date));
+        }
+
+        // get current date before clearing time
+        var d = date.getDate(),
+            hr,
+            c;
+
+        // clear time
+        date.setHours(0);
+        date.setMinutes(0);
+        date.setSeconds(0);
+        date.setMilliseconds(0);
+
+        if (date.getDate() != d) { // account for DST (i.e. day of month changed when setting hour = 0)
+            // note: DST adjustments are assumed to occur in multiples of 1 hour (this is almost always the case)
+            // refer to http://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboutdst.html for the (rare) exceptions to this rule
+
+            // increment hour until cloned date == current date
+            for (hr = 1, c = utilDate.add(date, Ext.Date.HOUR, hr); c.getDate() != d; hr++, c = utilDate.add(date, Ext.Date.HOUR, hr));
+
+            date.setDate(d);
+            date.setHours(c.getHours());
+        }
+
+        return date;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * 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.
+     *
+     * Examples:
+     * <pre><code>
+// Basic usage:
+var dt = Ext.Date.add(new Date('10/29/2006'), Ext.Date.DAY, 5);
+console.log(dt); //returns 'Fri Nov 03 2006 00:00:00'
+
+// Negative values will be subtracted:
+var dt2 = Ext.Date.add(new Date('10/1/2006'), Ext.Date.DAY, -5);
+console.log(dt2); //returns 'Tue Sep 26 2006 00:00:00'
+
+     * </code></pre>
+     *
+     * @param {Date} date The date to modify
+     * @param {String} interval A valid date interval enum value.
+     * @param {Number} value The amount to add to the current date.
+     * @return {Date} The new Date instance.
+     */
+    add : function(date, interval, value) {
+        var d = Ext.Date.clone(date),
+            Date = Ext.Date,
+            day;
+        if (!interval || value === 0) {
+            return d;
+        }
+
+        switch(interval.toLowerCase()) {
+            case Ext.Date.MILLI:
+                d.setMilliseconds(d.getMilliseconds() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.SECOND:
+                d.setSeconds(d.getSeconds() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.MINUTE:
+                d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.HOUR:
+                d.setHours(d.getHours() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.DAY:
+                d.setDate(d.getDate() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.MONTH:
+                day = date.getDate();
+                if (day > 28) {
+                    day = Math.min(day, Ext.Date.getLastDateOfMonth(Ext.Date.add(Ext.Date.getFirstDateOfMonth(date), Ext.Date.MONTH, value)).getDate());
+                }
+                d.setDate(day);
+                d.setMonth(date.getMonth() + value);
+                break;
+            case Ext.Date.YEAR:
+                day = date.getDate();
+                if (day > 28) {
+                    day = Math.min(day, Ext.Date.getLastDateOfMonth(Ext.Date.add(Ext.Date.getFirstDateOfMonth(date), Ext.Date.YEAR, value)).getDate());
+                }
+                d.setDate(day);
+                d.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + value);
+                break;
+        }
+        return d;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a date falls on or between the given start and end dates.
+     * @param {Date} date The date to check
+     * @param {Date} start Start date
+     * @param {Date} end End date
+     * @return {Boolean} true if this date falls on or between the given start and end dates.
+     */
+    between : function(date, start, end) {
+        var t = date.getTime();
+        return start.getTime() <= t && t <= end.getTime();
+    },
+
+    //Maintains compatibility with old static and prototype window.Date methods.
+    compat: function() {
+        var nativeDate = window.Date,
+            p, u,
+            statics = ['useStrict', 'formatCodeToRegex', 'parseFunctions', 'parseRegexes', 'formatFunctions', 'y2kYear', 'MILLI', 'SECOND', 'MINUTE', 'HOUR', 'DAY', 'MONTH', 'YEAR', 'defaults', 'dayNames', 'monthNames', 'monthNumbers', 'getShortMonthName', 'getShortDayName', 'getMonthNumber', 'formatCodes', 'isValid', 'parseDate', 'getFormatCode', 'createFormat', 'createParser', 'parseCodes'],
+            proto = ['dateFormat', 'format', 'getTimezone', 'getGMTOffset', 'getDayOfYear', 'getWeekOfYear', 'isLeapYear', 'getFirstDayOfMonth', 'getLastDayOfMonth', 'getDaysInMonth', 'getSuffix', 'clone', 'isDST', 'clearTime', 'add', 'between'],
+            sLen    = statics.length,
+            pLen    = proto.length,
+            stat, prot, s;
+
+        //Append statics
+        for (s = 0; s < sLen; s++) {
+            stat = statics[s];
+            nativeDate[stat] = utilDate[stat];
+        }
+
+        //Append to prototype
+        for (p = 0; p < pLen; p++) {
+            prot = proto[p];
+            nativeDate.prototype[prot] = function() {
+                var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+                args.unshift(this);
+                return utilDate[prot].apply(utilDate, args);
+            };
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+var utilDate = Ext.Date;
+
+}());