javascript date format issue

Question

I'm not able to find cause of this behavior

<script>
function myFunction()
{
var d1 = Date.parse("02/11/2014");
var d2 = Date.parse("2014-02-11");
var x = document.getElementById("demo");
x.innerHTML=d1+"---------"+d2+"<br/>"+new Date(d1)+"----"+"<br/>"+new Date(d2);

}
</script>

OUTPUT:

1392057000000---------1392076800000

Tue Feb 11 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)

Tue Feb 11 2014 05:30:00 GMT+0530 (IST)

Why it gives different time when I pass same date in Date.parse() ?

JSBIN shared at: http://jsbin.com/IfufAToX/1/

I think there is duplicate exists I have crossed, where there is a nice explanation. let me try to find it — Praveen, Jan 31 '14 at 12:36
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2587345/javascript-date-parse — Amit Garg, Jan 31 '14 at 12:43
The format supplied infers a locale, so you're going to be off by GMT [offset] depending on how you present the date. — Brad Christie, Jan 31 '14 at 12:44
YES it is already answered at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2587345/javascript-date-parse — Piyuesh, Jan 31 '14 at 12:45
Here's more about it: http://blog.dygraphs.com/2012/03/javascript-and-dates-what-mess.html — miszczu, Jan 31 '14 at 12:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '14 at 12:53

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it's all about how you will write the template, I mean

YYYY-MM-DD, or what ever else

Let's take a look what official ecma says: first of all we go here next w go here

hope that helps.

answered Jan 31 '14 at 12:53

Eugene P.

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I downvoted this at first, but that was a bit too harsh perhaps. Your answer is rather poor compared to the ones in the duplicate, and you didn't really explain it all that well. Linking to the spec is fine, but try to include the essence in your answer here. Links can expire, and a spec can be hard to understand for novice developers. – user247702 Jan 31 '14 at 12:59

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