function getFormattedArticlesData (items, numItems) {
  var data = new Array();
  var j = 0;

  // Sort notes array by date.
  items.sort(chronSortItems);

  // Create array suitable for use by buildContentTable().
  for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(numItems, items.length); i++) {
    data[i] = [items[i].title, 
               "../articles/" + items[i].url, 
               items[i].dateadded];
  }

  // Custom chronological sort function.
  function chronSortItems (item1, item2) {
    return item2.dateadded.getTime() - item1.dateadded.getTime();
  }

  return data;
}