Extract date part from a string

Question

Is there a way to extract only date part from this string if the other text is not fixed:

Input: "6/27/2014 - is Today" Expected: "6/27/2014"

Did you tried it first? if yes than please share your relevant code — Mr. Alien, Jun 27 '14 at 05:43
wht I want to do is format the date part to local using IE 11 Intl object and paste it again in that string.. — Pawan, Jun 27 '14 at 05:44
The answer to your question is, "Yes, there is a way." In fact, there are many ways. Try one yourself. Get stuck, then post that code and ask for help. Don't just ask us to code it for you. — , Jun 27 '14 at 05:46
possible duplicate of [Parse DateTime string in JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1576753/parse-datetime-string-in-javascript) — Jens, Jun 27 '14 at 05:49
`str.match(/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4})/);` is *one of the many ways*. — Derek 朕會功夫, Jun 27 '14 at 05:55
@Jack - If we are still using JavaScript in the year 10000, then we have a huge problem right here. — Derek 朕會功夫, Jun 27 '14 at 05:57

ntalbs · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-27T06:03:06.267

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Try the following snippet:

var input = "6/27/2014 - is Today";
var expected = input.match(/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}/)[0];
console.log(expected);

edited Jun 27 '14 at 06:03

answered Jun 27 '14 at 05:50

ntalbs

-[0] worked for me as date comes multiple times – Pawan Jun 27 '14 at 05:58
@Pawan It comes multiple times because the expression contains an unnecessary memory group, i.e. `/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}/` would suffice ... still need the `[0]` though :) – Ja͢ck Jun 27 '14 at 06:01
@Jack You're right. I updated the answer. – ntalbs Jun 27 '14 at 06:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '14 at 05:52

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If that's the format all the time then you can also try .split() method

var date = "6/27/2014 - is Today".split(" ");
console.log(date[0]);

answered Jun 27 '14 at 05:52

NcDreamy

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