function trim(str, chars) {
    return ltrim(rtrim(str, chars), chars);
}

function ltrim(str, chars) {
    chars = chars || "\\s";
    return str.replace(new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "");
}

function rtrim(str, chars) {
    chars = chars || "\\s";
    return str.replace(new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "");
}







var dtCh = "/";
var minYear = 1909;
var maxYear = new Date().getFullYear();

function isInteger(s) {
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag) {
    var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function daysInFebruary(year) {
    // February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ((!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28);
}
function DaysArray(n) {
    for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        this[i] = 31
        if (i == 4 || i == 6 || i == 9 || i == 11) { this[i] = 30 }
        if (i == 2) { this[i] = 29 }
    }
    return this
}

function isDate(dtStr, dateformat) {
    var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
    var pos1 = dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
    var pos2 = dtStr.indexOf(dtCh, pos1 + 1)
    var strDay
    var strMonth

    if (dateformat == 'dd/MM/yyyy') {//european
        strDay = dtStr.substring(0, pos1)
        strMonth = dtStr.substring(pos1 + 1, pos2)
    }
    else {//us
        strMonth = dtStr.substring(0, pos1)
        strDay = dtStr.substring(pos1 + 1, pos2)
    }
        
    var strYear = dtStr.substring(pos2 + 1)
    strYr = strYear
    if (strDay.charAt(0) == "0" && strDay.length > 1) strDay = strDay.substring(1)
    if (strMonth.charAt(0) == "0" && strMonth.length > 1) strMonth = strMonth.substring(1)
    for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
        if (strYr.charAt(0) == "0" && strYr.length > 1) strYr = strYr.substring(1)
    }
    month = parseInt(strMonth)
    day = parseInt(strDay)
    year = parseInt(strYr)
    if (pos1 == -1 || pos2 == -1) {
        //alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy")
        return false
    }
    if (strMonth.length < 1 || month < 1 || month > 12) {
        //alert("Please enter a valid month")
        return false
    }
    if (strDay.length < 1 || day < 1 || day > 31 || (month == 2 && day > daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]) {
        //alert("Please enter a valid day")
        return false
    }
    if (strYear.length != 4 || year == 0 || year < minYear || year > maxYear) {
        //alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between " + minYear + " and " + maxYear)
        return false
    }
    if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh, pos2 + 1) != -1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh)) == false) {
        //alert("Please enter a valid date")
        return false
    }
    return true
}

function showHideStates(countriesId, tbStatesId, ddlStatesId, usaGuid, canadaGuid) {
	if ($('#' + countriesId).val() == usaGuid
			|| $('#' + countriesId).val() == canadaGuid) {
		$('#' + tbStatesId).hide();
		$('#' + ddlStatesId).show();
	}
	else {
		$('#' + tbStatesId).show();
		$('#' + ddlStatesId).hide();
	}
}

function checkedShowHide(checkboxId, targetId) {
	if ($('#' + checkboxId).attr('checked')) {
		$('#' + targetId).show();
	}
	else {
		$('#' + targetId).hide();
	}
}