// Formats date and time as "20-01-2000 17:00"
Date.prototype.toFormattedString = function(include_time)
{
   str = Date.padded2(this.getDate()) + "-" + Date.padded2(this.getMonth()+1) + "-" + this.getFullYear();
   if (include_time) { str += " " + this.getHours() + ":" + this.getPaddedMinutes() }
   return str;
}

Date.parseFormattedString = function (string) {
  var regexp = "(([0-3]?[0-9]-[0-1]?[0-9])-[0-9]{4}) *([0-9]{1,2}(:[0-9]{2})? *(am|pm))?";
	
  // var regexp = "(([0-1]?[0-9])\/[0-3]?[0-9]\/[0-9]{4}) *([0-9]{1,2}(:[0-9]{2})? *(am|pm))?";
  var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp, "i"));
  if (d==null) {
    return Date.parse(string); // Give javascript a chance to parse it.
  }

  //mdy = d[1].split('/');
  dmy = d[1].split('-');
  hrs = 0;
  mts = 0;
  if(d[3] != null) {
    hrs = parseInt(d[3].split('')[0], 10);
    if(d[5].toLowerCase() == 'pm') { hrs += 12; } // Add 12 more to hrs
    mts = d[4].split(':')[1];
  }
  
//	return new Date(YEAR, MONTH, DAY, hrs, mts, 0);
  return new Date(dmy[2], parseInt(dmy[1], 10)-1, dmy[0], hrs, mts, 0);
}