function str2ts(str)
        {
        return (Date.parse(str)/1000);
        }

function str2dayt(str)
        {
        ts=str2ts(str);
        var fdate = new Date();
        fdate.setTime(ts * 1000);
        var month = fdate.getMonth();
        month=month+1;
        var year=fdate.getFullYear();
        var day=fdate.getDate();
        if (day.toString().length == 1)
                day = '0' + day;
        if (month.toString().length == 1)
                month = '0'+ month;
        return '' + year + month + day;
        }


function dayt2str(dayt)
        {
        dayt = '' + dayt;
        var year =      dayt.substring(0, 4);
        var month =     dayt.substring(4, 6);
        var day =       dayt.substring(6,8);
        var ret = month + '/' + day + '/' + year;
        return ret;
        }

function ts2string(ts)
        {
        var fdate = new Date();
        fdate.setTime(ts * 1000);
        month = fdate.getMonth();
        month=month+1;
        year=fdate.getFullYear();
        day=fdate.getDate();
        if (day.toString().length == 1)
                day = '0' + day;
        if (month.toString().length == 1)
                month = '0'+ month;
        return month + '/' + day + '/' + year;
        }