Convert plain string date into required format and difference between two dates

Question

I am getting date from XML but date is in plain string format. I would like to create the difference from today's date and time and the date and time which i am getting from xml.

For example i am getting date as a plain string in this format (2012-10-17T08:15:19.500-05:00).Now when i am doing difference with current date&time than i need to display something like this "2:hr,32min".

Any help/suggestion would be a great input.

Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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This should work:

var myDate = new Date( '2012-10-17T08:15:19.500-05:00' ),
    newDate = new Date();

Browser results can vary when parsing dates. I have a test Fiddle here.

To get the difference between dates: var diff = myDate - newDate; and to convert that back to something useful: Convert time interval given in seconds into more human readable form

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Oct 17 '12 at 20:32

Kevin Boucher

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You'll have to convert back to string for that I think: `myDate.toLocaleString()` – Kevin Boucher Oct 17 '12 at 20:44
Nope it display whole GMT thing. I need specific am and pm. i just wonder do i have to add extra logic? – ravi Oct 17 '12 at 20:52
Well, it displays the AM/PM in any case, though I'm not sure I understand. Why do you need AM/PM if you're looking for the difference between the two `Date` objects? – Kevin Boucher Oct 17 '12 at 20:54
I do have to display date too. Date and difference both. – ravi Oct 17 '12 at 20:54
oops seems to me it throw NAN in ie when we get value in difference. – ravi Oct 17 '12 at 21:17
@Ghlitch::your code(jsfiddle) work on all browser but it display NAN in IE7. – ravi Nov 05 '12 at 16:55

Convert plain string date into required format and difference between two dates

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