Invalid Date in Firefox - Javascript

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I want to put the following string: '10-10-2013 03:04' in a Date object. It's working in Chrome but Firefox tells me it's an invalid Date. (I guess they mean format?) I tried to use Date.parse on it but that makes it a NaN.

What to do?

UPDATE: I used the answer of thefourtheye, but now Chrome actually says it's an invalid date ..

var dateString = '10-10-2013 03:04';
dateString = dateString.replace(/-/g, ' ');
var DateToUse = new Date(dateString);

Returns an invalid date in Chrome.

I think this post will solve your problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4321270/regarding-javascript-new-date-and-date-parse — Pradeep shyam, Oct 10 '13 at 07:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 07 '21 at 05:54

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<script>
    var myDate = new Date("10 10 2013 03:04");
    console.log(myDate);
</script>

According to the standard, https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2822#page-14, space can be used to separate date, month and year. The above example works perfectly in Chrome and Firefox.

edited Oct 07 '21 at 05:54

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 07:17

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Yeah, that works. Only problem is that I 'receive' the date with the '-' between the day, month and year. – Anoniem Anoniem Oct 10 '13 at 07:21
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If you want your program to be used in any browser, I would recommend `new Date(dateString.replace("-", " ", "g"))`. – thefourtheye Oct 10 '13 at 07:24
Yeah, simply used a replace function to remove the dashes and now it's working, thanks. – Anoniem Anoniem Oct 10 '13 at 07:28
Is it? http://jsfiddle.net/thefourtheye/B4FpA/ Try this and see if it works in your Chrome. – thefourtheye Oct 14 '13 at 08:26

Invalid Date in Firefox - Javascript

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