code: protected static function resolveCustomModifiers($strDate)
  	{
  		if (strpos($strDate, '::') === false)
  		{
  			return $strDate;
  		}
  
  		System::loadLanguageFile('default');
  
  		if (!$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MSC']['dayShortLength'])
  		{
  			$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MSC']['dayShortLength'] = 3;
  		}
  
  		if (!$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MSC']['monthShortLength'])
  		{
  			$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MSC']['monthShortLength'] = 3;
  		}
  
  		$strReturn = '';
  		$chunks = preg_split("/([0-9]{1,2}::[1-4])/", $strDate, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
  
  		foreach ($chunks as $chunk)
  		{
  			list($index, $flag) = explode('::', $chunk);
  
  			switch ($flag)
  			{
  				case 1:
  					$strReturn .= $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['DAYS'][$index];
  					break;
  
  				case 2:
  					$strReturn .= $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['DAYS_SHORT'][$index];
  					break;
  
  				case 3:
  					$strReturn .= $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MONTHS'][($index - 1)];
  					break;
  
  				case 4:
  					$strReturn .= $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['MONTHS_SHORT'][($index - 1)];
  					break;
  
  				default:
  					$strReturn .= $chunk;
  					break;
  			}
  		}
  
  		return $strReturn;
  	}
docs: Resolve the custom modifiers
  
  @param string $strDate The date string
  
  @return string The resolved date string