Date.padded2 = function(hour) { 
    padded2 = hour.toString(); if ((parseInt(hour) < 10) || (parseInt(hour) == null)) padded2="0" + padded2; return padded2;
}
Date.prototype.getAMPMHour = function() { 
    hour=Date.padded2(this.getHours()); return (hour == null) ? 00 : (hour > 24 ? hour - 24 : hour )
}
Date.prototype.getAMPM = function() { 
    return (this.getHours() < 12) ? "" : "";
}

Date.prototype.toFormattedString = function(include_time){
    str = this.getDate() + "/" + (this.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + this.getFullYear();
    if (include_time) {
        hour=this.getHours(); str += " " + this.getAMPMHour() + ":" + this.getPaddedMinutes()
    }
    return str;
}
Date.parseFormattedString = function (string) {
    var regexp = '([0-9]{1,2})\.(([0-9]{1,2})\.(([0-9]{2,4})( ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{2})? *)?)?)?';
    var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp, "i"));
    if (d==null) return Date.parse(string); // at least give javascript a crack at it.
    var offset = 0;
    if (d[5] && d[5].length == 2) {
        // we got only two digits for the year...
        d[5] = Number(d[5]);
        if (d[5] > 30)
            d[5] += 1900;
        else
            d[5] += 2000;
    }
    var date = new Date(d[5], 0, 1);
    if (d[3]) {
        date.setMonth(d[3] - 1);
    }
    if (d[5]) {
        date.setDate(d[1]);
    }
    if (d[7]) {
        date.setHours(parseInt(d[7], 10));
    }
    if (d[8]) {
        date.setMinutes(d[8]);
    }
    if (d[10]) {
        date.setSeconds(d[10]);
    }
    return date;
}