'use strict';

exports.padComponent = function (component) {
	return component <= 9 ? '0' + component : '' + component;
};

Converts a date to a string in YYYYMMDD format

exports.toYYYYMMDD = function (theDate) {
	var month = this.padComponent(theDate.getMonth() + 1);

	return theDate.getUTCFullYear() +
			month +
			this.padComponent(theDate.getDate()) +
			'';
};

Capitalises the first character of a string

exports.capitalize = function (str) {
	return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
};

Determines the path for a given action on a resource

exports.formatPath = function formatPath(prefix, resource, action) {
	var requestPath = '/' + (prefix ? prefix + '/' : '') + resource;

	if (action !== '') {
		requestPath += '/' + action;
	}

	return requestPath;
};
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