XML parsing using jQuery

[valdrian_miran]

How will I parse this XML using jQuery?

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<showDate>12/28/2010</showDate>
<showTime></showTime>
<doorsOpen></doorsOpen>
<buylink></buylink>
<description><![CDATA[
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:48:28 PST

I have to display month and date separately..

[parry_kulk]

Write a javascript function which will accept the above xml as a parameter and than parse the xml using jquery.

function parseItemXML(itemXML){		
		$(itemXML).find('item').each(function(){//For each item element in the xml
			var showDateTxt = $(this).find('showDate').text(); //get the date
			var showDate = $.datepicker.parseDate( "mm/dd/yy", showDateTxt); //parse the date using the datapicker jquery ui component
			alert("Date:"+showDate.getDate()+" Month:"+(showDate.getMonth()+1));
		});
	}