Formal timestamp formats have already been avoided by most of the online social services. Instead of displaying "2009-11-11 15:33" or "Thu, November 11,2009 15:33PM", they use more user friendly, warmer and more readable time formatting like "2 minutes ago" or "4 days ago".

Instead of formal time formatting, Twitter uses more readable timestamp formatting

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Recently, we examined two jQuery date picker plugins: jQuery UI DatePicker Plugin and jQuery Date Range Picker Plugin. jQuery UI's Date Picker plugin enables users to select one and only one day from a selectable date range. On the other hand, jQuery Date Range Picker Plugin simplifies selection of a date range.

jQuery Mutlday Calendar Plugin enables selection of pre-specified number of consecutive days

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Previously, I posted about a monthly calendar jQuery Plugin: FullCalendar. FullCalendar is a jQuery plugin that provides full-sized, drag and drop capable calendar. It utilizes Ajax to fetch events on the fly. It is easily configurable to use custom feed format and also has an extension for Google Calendar. More details about FullCalendar can be found here.

jQuery Week Calendar is another jQuery Calendar plugin similar to FullCalendar. It provides a simple and flexible way of including a weekly calendar control in to your web pages. It is an extension of jQuery and jQuery IU plugin. jQuery Week Calendar is similar to Google calendar. 

jQuery Week Calendar Plugin - A Google Calendar Like Week Calendar

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I wrote a blog post about FullCalendar recently. (FullCalendar: jQuery Event Calendar with Drag'n Drop, Ajax Fething and Google Calendar Integration). I have just come a cross with an astonishing calendar that looks like iPhone's calendar application: iCal.

iCal style calendar with jQuery

This calendar is built with CSS and jQuery. It also features a lightweight Coda-like effect for event descriptions. You can find more details about the calendar here.

jQuery is a fast and concise Javascript Library that simplifies document traversing, event handling, animating and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.

FullCalendar is a jQuery plugin that provides full-sized, drag and drop capable calendar. It utilizes Ajax to fetch events on the fly. It is easily configurable to use custom feed format and also has an extension for Google Calendar. The calendar is highly customizable and has support for user event triggering for window resize, loading, day click, event click, event drop, etc.

FullCalendar - jQuery Calendar Plugin with Drag'n Drop and Ajax Capabilities

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