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### datatype 3.1.1

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### Module: datatype

The DataType Utility provides type-conversion and string-formatting convenience methods for various JavaScript object types.

This module contains the following classes:

- DataType.Date
- DataType.Date.Locale
- DataType.Number
- DataType.XML

#### Submodules:

`datatype-date`
  Date submodule.
`datatype-date-format`
  Format date submodule implements strftime formatters for javascript based on the Open Group specification defined at http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html This implementation does not include modified conversion specifiers (i.e., Ex and Ox)
`datatype-date-parse`
  Parse number submodule.
`datatype-number`
  Number submodule.
`datatype-number-format`
  Format number submodule.
`datatype-number-parse`
  Parse number submodule.
`datatype-xml-format`
  Format XML submodule.
`datatype-xml`
  XML submodule.
`datatype-xml-parse`
  Parse XML submodule.

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