<form id="demo">

<fieldset>

<label for="demo_input">String to parse:</label>

<input type="text" id="demo_input" value="Jan 7, 2003">

<input type="submit" id="demo_btn" value="Parse date">

<div id="demo_output" class="output">&nbsp;</div>

</fieldset>

</form>

<script>

YUI().use("node", "datatype-date", function (Y) {

Y.on("submit", function(e){

e.halt();

var input = Y.one("#demo_input").get("value"),

output = Y.DataType.Date.parse(input);

if(output === null) {

output = "null"

}

Y.one("#demo_output").setContent(output.toString());

}, "#demo");

});

</script>