Function expandFormat

code/gmane/Chart.bundle.js:2083–2098

(format, locale)

    }

    function expandFormat(format, locale) {
        var i = 5;

        function replaceLongDateFormatTokens(input) {
            return locale.longDateFormat(input) || input;
        }

        localFormattingTokens.lastIndex = 0;
        while (i >= 0 && localFormattingTokens.test(format)) {
            format = format.replace(localFormattingTokens, replaceLongDateFormatTokens);
            localFormattingTokens.lastIndex = 0;
            i -= 1;
        }

        return format;
    }

    var match1         = /\d/;            //       0 - 9
    var match2         = /\d\d/;          //      00 - 99