def date_name_converter(date):
    """Convert date strings like "DD-MonthName3Letters-YY" to "MM-DD-YY" """
    for month_num, month in enumerate(
        ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct',
         'Nov', 'Dec']):
        num_str = str(month_num + 1)
        if len(num_str) == 1:
            num_str = '0' + num_str
        date = date.replace(month, num_str)
    date_dd, date_mm, date_yy = date.split('-')
    return '%s-%s-%s' % (date_mm, date_dd, date_yy)