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Twitter date string regex replace, IE8 fix
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twitter-date.js
var s = "Fri Apr 09 12:53:54 +0000 2010";
var date = new Date(s.replace(/^\w+ (\w+) (\d+) ([\d:]+) \+0000 (\d+)$/, "$1 $2 $4 $3 UTC"));
// Cross-browser, time-zone-aware parsing via JavaScript:
// Tested on IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera.
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