Formatting dates in JavaScript (handles MySQL dates)

function format_mysqldate (mysqldate) {
	// example mysql date: 2008-01-27 20:41:25
	// we need to replace the dashes with slashes
	var date = String(mysqldate).replace(/\-/g, '/');
	return format_date(date);
}
function format_date (date) {
	// date can be in msec or in a format recognized by Date.parse()
	var d = new Date(date); 
 
	var days_of_week = Array('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');
	var day_of_week = days_of_week[d.getDay()];
 
	var year = d.getFullYear();
	var months = Array('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec');
	var month = months[d.getMonth()];
	var day = d.getDate();
 
	var hour = d.getHours();
	var minute = d.getMinutes();
	var am_pm = 'am';
 
	if(hour == 0) { 
		hour = 12; 
	} else if (hour == 12) { 
		am_pm = 'pm'; 
	} else if (hour > 12) { 
		hour -= 12; 
		am_pm = 'pm';
	}
	if(minute < 10) { minute = '0'+minute; }
 
	var date_formatted = day_of_week+' '+month+' '+day+' '+year+' '+hour+':'+minute+am_pm;
	return date_formatted;
}