// prototype extension below thanks to Paul Sowden on http://delete.me.uk/2005/03/iso8601.html
Date.prototype.setISO8601 = function (string) {
    var regexp = "([0-9]{4})(-([0-9]{2})(-([0-9]{2})(T([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})(:([0-9]{2})(\.([0-9]+))?)?(Z|(([-+])([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})))?)?)?)?";
    var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp));

    var offset = 0;
    var date = new Date(d[1], 0, 1);

    if (d[3]) { date.setMonth(d[3] - 1); }
    if (d[5]) { date.setDate(d[5]); }
    if (d[7]) { date.setHours(d[7]); }
    if (d[8]) { date.setMinutes(d[8]); }
    if (d[10]) { date.setSeconds(d[10]); }
    if (d[12]) { date.setMilliseconds(Number("0." + d[12]) * 1000); }
    if (d[14]) {
        offset = (Number(d[16]) * 60) + Number(d[17]);
        offset *= ((d[15] == '-') ? 1 : -1);
    }

    offset -= date.getTimezoneOffset();
    time = (Number(date) + (offset * 60 * 1000));
    this.setTime(Number(time));
}

function mlPad(num) {
	if (num < 10) {
		return "0"+num;
	}
	else {
		return num;
	}
}

function mlUTCToLocale(datestring) {
	var d = new Date();
	d.setISO8601(datestring);
	var fmtstring = d.getFullYear() + "-" + mlPad((d.getMonth()+1)) + "-" + mlPad(d.getDate()) + " " + mlPad(d.getHours()) + ":" + mlPad(d.getMinutes());
	document.write(fmtstring);
}