function trim_all(strObjName){ 
	//this function removes the spaces from the variables
        var strObj = strObjName;
        var strRet = "";
        for (i = 0;i < strObj.length;i++)
        {
                if(strObj.charAt(i) != " " && strObj.charAt(i) != "")
                        strRet = strRet+strObj.charAt(i);
        }
        return strRet;
}
function get_rss_feed(){
//clear the content in the div for the next feed.
	$("#feedContent").empty();
			
	//use the JQuery get to grab the URL from the selected item, put the results in to an argument for parsing in the inline function called when the feed retrieval is complete
	$.get('proxy.php?url='+$('#diffFeeds').val(), function(d) {
				
	//find each 'item' in the file and parse it
	$(d).find('item').each(function() {
	//name the current found item this for this particular loop run
	var $item = $(this);
	// grab the post title
	var title = $item.find('title').text();
	// grab the post's URL
	var link = $item.find('link').text();
	// next, the description
	var description = $item.find('description').text();
	//don't forget the pubdate
	var pubDate = $item.find('pubDate').text();		
	var data = pubDate.split(" ");
	//alert(trim_all(data[0]));
	//var acdate = parseISO8601(data[0]);
	//var lastactive=new Date(acdate);
	//alert(lastactive);
	// now create a var 'html' to store the markup we're using to output the feed to the browser window
	var html = "<li>";
	html+="<a href=\"" + link + "\" target=\"_blank\"><b>"+title+"</b><\/a><br />";	
	html += "" + description + "</li>";
	//html += "<a href=\"" + link + "\" target=\"_blank\">Read More >><\/a><\/div>";
					
	//put that feed content on the screen!
	$('#feedContent').append($(html));
	return true;


		});
	});		
};


/*
 * Date Format 1.2.3
 * (c) 2007-2009 Steven Levithan <stevenlevithan.com>
 * MIT license
 *
 * Includes enhancements by Scott Trenda <scott.trenda.net>
 * and Kris Kowal <cixar.com/~kris.kowal/>
 *
 * Accepts a date, a mask, or a date and a mask.
 * Returns a formatted version of the given date.
 * The date defaults to the current date/time.
 * The mask defaults to dateFormat.masks.default.
 */

var dateFormat = function () {
	var	token = /d{1,4}|m{1,4}|yy(?:yy)?|([HhMsTt])\1?|[LloSZ]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'/g,
		timezone = /\b(?:[PMCEA][SDP]T|(?:Pacific|Mountain|Central|Eastern|Atlantic) (?:Standard|Daylight|Prevailing) Time|(?:GMT|UTC)(?:[-+]\d{4})?)\b/g,
		timezoneClip = /[^-+\dA-Z]/g,
		pad = function (val, len) {
			val = String(val);
			len = len || 2;
			while (val.length < len) val = "0" + val;
			return val;
		};

	// Regexes and supporting functions are cached through closure
	return function (date, mask, utc) {
		//alert(date);
		var dF = dateFormat;

		// You can't provide utc if you skip other args (use the "UTC:" mask prefix)
		if (arguments.length == 1 && Object.prototype.toString.call(date) == "[object String]" && !/\d/.test(date)) {
			mask = date;
			date = undefined;
		}

		// Passing date through Date applies Date.parse, if necessary
		date = date ? new Date(date) : new Date;
		try{
			if (isNaN(date)){
				throw SyntaxError("invalid date"+ date);
			}
		}catch(er){
			//alert(er);	
		};

		mask = String(dF.masks[mask] || mask || dF.masks["default"]);

		// Allow setting the utc argument via the mask
		if (mask.slice(0, 4) == "UTC:") {
			mask = mask.slice(4);
			utc = true;
		}

		var	_ = utc ? "getUTC" : "get",
			d = date[_ + "Date"](),
			D = date[_ + "Day"](),
			m = date[_ + "Month"](),
			y = date[_ + "FullYear"](),
			H = date[_ + "Hours"](),
			M = date[_ + "Minutes"](),
			s = date[_ + "Seconds"](),
			L = date[_ + "Milliseconds"](),
			o = utc ? 0 : date.getTimezoneOffset(),
			flags = {
				d:    d,
				dd:   pad(d),
				ddd:  dF.i18n.dayNames[D],
				dddd: dF.i18n.dayNames[D + 7],
				m:    m + 1,
				mm:   pad(m + 1),
				mmm:  dF.i18n.monthNames[m],
				mmmm: dF.i18n.monthNames[m + 12],
				yy:   String(y).slice(2),
				yyyy: y,
				h:    H % 12 || 12,
				hh:   pad(H % 12 || 12),
				H:    H,
				HH:   pad(H),
				M:    M,
				MM:   pad(M),
				s:    s,
				ss:   pad(s),
				l:    pad(L, 3),
				L:    pad(L > 99 ? Math.round(L / 10) : L),
				t:    H < 12 ? "a"  : "p",
				tt:   H < 12 ? "am" : "pm",
				T:    H < 12 ? "A"  : "P",
				TT:   H < 12 ? "AM" : "PM",
				Z:    utc ? "UTC" : (String(date).match(timezone) || [""]).pop().replace(timezoneClip, ""),
				o:    (o > 0 ? "-" : "+") + pad(Math.floor(Math.abs(o) / 60) * 100 + Math.abs(o) % 60, 4),
				S:    ["th", "st", "nd", "rd"][d % 10 > 3 ? 0 : (d % 100 - d % 10 != 10) * d % 10]
			};

		return mask.replace(token, function ($0) {
			return $0 in flags ? flags[$0] : $0.slice(1, $0.length - 1);
		});
	};
}();

// Some common format strings
dateFormat.masks = {
	"default":      "ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss",
	shortDate:      "m/d/yy",
	mediumDate:     "mmm d, yyyy",
	longDate:       "mmmm d, yyyy",
	fullDate:       "dddd, mmmm d, yyyy",
	shortTime:      "h:MM TT",
	mediumTime:     "h:MM:ss TT",
	longTime:       "h:MM:ss TT Z",
	isoDate:        "yyyy-mm-dd",
	isoTime:        "HH:MM:ss",
	isoDateTime:    "yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss",
	isoUtcDateTime: "UTC:yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:MM:ss'Z'"
};

// Internationalization strings
dateFormat.i18n = {
	dayNames: [
		"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat",
		"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"
	],
	monthNames: [
		"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec",
		"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
	]
};

// For convenience...
Date.prototype.format = function (mask, utc) {
	return dateFormat(this, mask, utc);
};
function formatTime(timeValue) {

var data = timeValue.split(":");
//alert(data);
 var hours = data[0];
  var minutes = data[1];

  var suffix = "AM";
  if (hours >= 12) {
  suffix = "PM";
  hours = hours - 12;
  }
  if (hours == 0) {
  hours = 12;
  }

  if (minutes < 10)
  minutes = "0" + minutes

  var result = "<b>" + hours + ":" + minutes + " " + suffix + "</b>";
  return result;

}

function parseISO8601(dateStringInRange) {
    var isoExp = /^\s*(\d{4})-(\d\d)-(\d\d)\s*$/,
        date = new Date(NaN), month,
        parts = isoExp.exec(dateStringInRange);

    if(parts) {
      month = +parts[2];
      date.setFullYear(parts[1], month - 1, parts[3]);
      if(month != date.getMonth() + 1) {
        date.setTime(NaN);
      }
    }
    return date;
  }

