Add date formatting to StoryCollection

src/js/modules/StoryCollection.coffee

@@ -4,6 +4,30 @@ StoryCollection = (Backbone) ->
 		parse: (response) ->
 			# News story models are under 'objects' in the JSON data
 			return response.objects
+		parseDate: (unixDate) ->
+			date = new Date(unixDate)
+
+			dateStrings = date.toLocaleDateString().split ", "
+			# toLocaleDateString() returns in format: "DAY, MONTH DATE, YEAR"
+			day = dateStrings[0]
+			month = dateStrings[1].split " "
+			year = dateStrings[2]
+
+			dateNum = month[1]
+			month = month[0].substr 0,3
+
+			time = date.toLocaleTimeString()
+			# time is in format "HH:MM:SS"
+			hour = parseInt time.substr 0,2
+			minutes = time.substr 3,2
+			if hour > 12
+				hour -= 12
+				period = "p.m."
+			else
+				period = "a.m."
+
+			return "#{hour}:#{minutes} #{period} #{day}, #{month}. #{dateNum}, #{year}"
+
 	# Expose only the getInstance function
 	return getInstance: ->
 			# Use a singleton pattern for global data access