convert string into date object in javascript

Question

I want to convert string into data object in javascript.

Code Snippet:

function checkDuplicate()
{
    s = $("#fromDate0").val().split("-");
    var s1 = Date.parse(s[0], s[1] - 1, s[2]);
    alert(s1);
}

this code print garbage value for all string.

How to convert the string?

what does the orginal string look like? And what does the output looks like — DannyThunder, Oct 30 '13 at 12:33
Dup: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2587345/javascript-date-parse — Benoit Blanchon, Oct 30 '13 at 12:34
`Date.parse()` only accepts a single string parameter - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/parse — CodingIntrigue, Oct 30 '13 at 12:34
It prints garbage, that explains a lot. Did you read the docs for Date.parse()? — epascarello, Oct 30 '13 at 12:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 12:34

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You probably need new Date(s[0], s[1] - 1, s[2]) instead of Date.parse().

answered Oct 30 '13 at 12:34

Nikos Paraskevopoulos

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i do not want to create Date object i what to know only millisecond value of that string – user2614742 Oct 30 '13 at 12:37
...then use the `getTime()` method of the `Date` object. – Nikos Paraskevopoulos Oct 30 '13 at 12:44

antyrat · Answer 2 · 2013-10-30T13:33:55.983

Probably you need to concatenate your arguments for passing to parse function as it's expect only 1 argument:

var s1 = Date.parse('' + s[0] + ' ' + (s[1] - 1) + ', ' + s[2]);

Update: if your string before parsing looks like 31-10-2013 you will need short month array:

var monthNames = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
var s1 = Date.parse('' + monthNames[ s[ 1 ] - 1 ] + ' ' + (s[ 0 ] - 1) + ', ' + s[ 2 ]);

concatenating will build string Oct 30, 2013 and return timestamp in local time. For me it for example 1383084000000.

convert string into date object in javascript

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