$(document).ready(function() {   
     try {   
        var el = $("#s_news .s_byline .s_date");
        el.each(function() {
            var date = $(this).text();  
            var bits = date.split("/");
            var lastTwoChars = bits[0].substring(bits[0].length-2);
            var month = convertMonth(lastTwoChars);
            var day = bits[1];
            var year = bits[2];
            var chunk = '<span class="s_month">' + month + '</span>' + '<span class="s_day">' + day + '</span>' + '<span class="s_year">' + year + '</span>';
            $(this).html(chunk);
        }); //end:each 
		$('.s_byline').show();
      }
        catch (e) {
            return false;
        }  

});  // end:DOM ready