var map = {
  d: 'day',
  m: 'month',
  y: 'year',
  '-': 'divider',
  '/': 'divider',
  ' ': 'space'
};

function getValues(format) {

  return function(value) {

    var i = 0;
    var index = 0;
    var len = format.length;
    var values = {};

    // Loop through all format pieces
    for (; i < len; i++) {

      // Only worry about date values
      if (['day', 'month', 'year'].indexOf(format[i].name) !== -1) {

        // If the passed value doesn't contain a format piece, it's invalid.
        if (value.length < index + format[i].length)
          return;

        values[format[i].name] = parseInt(value.substr(index, format[i].length), 10);
      }
      index += format[i].length;
    }

    return dateHelper.create(values);
  };
}

function getString(format) {

function parseDateFormat(format) {

  var f = format.toLowerCase();
  var i = 0;
  var len = f.length;

  var obj = {
    parts: []
  };

  for (; i < len; i++) {

    // If there is a matching character mapping and the last part was of the same name, increment its length
    // and add to its content.
    if (map[f[i]] && obj.parts.length && obj.parts[obj.parts.length - 1].name === map[f[i]]) {
      obj.parts[obj.parts.length - 1].length++;
      obj.parts[obj.parts.length - 1].value += format[i];
      continue;
    }

    obj.parts.push({
      name: map[f[i]] ? map[f[i]] : '',
      value: format[i],
      length: 1
    });
  }

  // Add a way to convert the parsed date into a regex-ish string that works with the Typeahead implementation.
  obj.getValues = getValues(obj.parts);
  obj.getString = getString(obj.parts);

  return obj;
}

Base.exportjQuery(parseDateFormat, 'parseDateFormat');

return parseDateFormat;
}));