code: function(sDate) {
          var aDate = sDate.split(this.Locale.DATE_FIELD_DELIMITER),
              rArray;
  
          if (aDate.length == 2) {
              rArray = [aDate[this.Locale.MD_MONTH_POSITION-1],aDate[this.Locale.MD_DAY_POSITION-1]];
              rArray.type = Calendar.MONTH_DAY;
          } else {
              rArray = [aDate[this.Locale.MDY_YEAR_POSITION-1] - this.Locale.YEAR_OFFSET, aDate[this.Locale.MDY_MONTH_POSITION-1],aDate[this.Locale.MDY_DAY_POSITION-1]];
              rArray.type = Calendar.DATE;
          }
  
          for (var i=0;i<rArray.length;i++) {
              rArray[i] = parseInt(rArray[i], 10);
          }
      
          return rArray;
      }
docs: BEGIN DATE PARSE METHODS 
  Converts a date string to a date field array
  @private
  @param {String} sDate   Date string. Valid formats are mm/dd and mm/dd/yyyy.
  @return    A date field array representing the string passed to the method
  @type Array[](Number[])