function daysBetween(date1, date2){
   if (date1.indexOf("-") != -1) { date1 = date1.split("-"); } else if (date1.indexOf("/") != -1) { date1 = date1.split("/"); } else { return 0; }
   if (date2.indexOf("-") != -1) { date2 = date2.split("-"); } else if (date2.indexOf("/") != -1) { date2 = date2.split("/"); } else { return 0; }
   if (parseInt(date1[0], 10) >= 1000) {
       var sDate = new Date(date1[0]+"/"+date1[1]+"/"+date1[2]);
   } else if (parseInt(date1[2], 10) >= 1000) {
       var sDate = new Date(date1[2]+"/"+date1[0]+"/"+date1[1]);
   } else {
       return 0;
   }
   if (parseInt(date2[0], 10) >= 1000) {
       var eDate = new Date(date2[0]+"/"+date2[1]+"/"+date2[2]);
   } else if (parseInt(date2[2], 10) >= 1000) {
       var eDate = new Date(date2[2]+"/"+date2[0]+"/"+date2[1]);
   } else {
       return 0;
   }
   var one_day = 1000*60*60*24;
   var daysApart = Math.abs(Math.ceil((sDate.getTime()-eDate.getTime())/one_day));
   return daysApart;
} 
/*
function daysBetween(date1, date2) {
    var DSTAdjust = 0;
    // constants used for our calculations below
    oneMinute = 1000 * 60;
    var oneDay = oneMinute * 60 * 24;
    // equalize times in case date objects have them
    date1.setHours(0);
    date1.setMinutes(0);
    date1.setSeconds(0);
    date2.setHours(0);
    date2.setMinutes(0);
    date2.setSeconds(0);
    // take care of spans across Daylight Saving Time changes
    if (date2 > date1) {
        DSTAdjust = 
            (date2.getTimezoneOffset( ) - date1.getTimezoneOffset( )) * oneMinute;
    } else {
        DSTAdjust = 
            (date1.getTimezoneOffset( ) - date2.getTimezoneOffset( )) * oneMinute;    
    }
    var diff = Math.abs(date2.getTime( ) - date1.getTime( )) - DSTAdjust;
    return Math.ceil(diff/oneDay);
}
*/
function stringReplace(originalString, findText, replaceText) {
    var pos = 0;
    var len = findText.length;
    pos = originalString.indexOf(findText);
    while (pos != -1) {
        preString  = originalString.substring(0, pos);
        postString = originalString.substring(pos + len, originalString.length);
        originalString = preString + replaceText + postString;
        pos = originalString.indexOf(findText);
    }
    return originalString;
}