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Conversion of a simple Month Year string to short form.md

`An Illustration`

> function getDateShortName(s, shortYear=true) {
...     let parts = s.split(/\s+/ig)
...     
...     if(shortYear) {
.....         return parts[0].slice(0, 3) + '\'' + parts[1].slice(2)
.....     } else {
.....         return parts[0].slice(0, 3) + '\'' + parts[1]
.....     }
... }
undefined
> 
> getDateShortName("January 2020")
"Jan'20"
> 
> getDateShortName("January 2020", false)
"Jan'2020"
> 
> getDateShortName("February  2021")
"Feb'21"
> 
> getDateShortName("February  2021", false)
"Feb'2021"
> 
> getDateShortName("February  2021", true)
"Feb'21"
> 
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