Javascript JS new Date() format in different browsers

So if you ever use the command “new Date();” this is what you will get from various browsers

Google Chrome:
Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Firefox:
Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Safari:
Thu May 03 2012 12:40:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

Internet Explorer 9:
Thu May 3 12:40:00 CDT 2012

Go figure… Everyone but Microsoft uses the same date format. There format doesn’t even make sense, why is the year after the time?

A workaround for IE so all browsers will instead produce Microsoft SQL datetime format

<script>

var nowin = new Date();
document.write(mssqlDateTime(nowin));

function mssqlDateTime(now){
var monthlookup=[‘Jan’,’Feb’,’Mar’,’Apr’,’May’,’Jun’,’Jul’,’Aug’,’Sep’,’Oct’,’Nov’,’Dec’];
var hours=now.getHours();
if(hours>12){
hours-=12;
ampm=’PM’;
}else{
ampm=’AM’;
}
var safedate = monthlookup[now.getMonth()] + ” ” + now.getDate() + ” ” + now.getFullYear() + ” ” + hours + “:” + String(“0” + now.getMinutes()).slice(-2) + ampm;
return safedate;
}

</script>