How to convert a particular date into timestamp?

Question

I want to convert a particular date (say 31st October 2017) to the timestamp.

What should be my input and how to convert it into timestamp?

What have you tried so far? Did you even google that question first? — Jeremy Thille, Jul 31 '17 at 08:28
@TheRickest `new Date("31st October 2017")` --> `Invalid Date`, the thread you point at is about dates formats like `31-10-2017` — Jeremy Thille, Jul 31 '17 at 08:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '17 at 08:32

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Just use getTime with new Date(date_to_parse)

var example="31 October, 2017";
alert(new Date(example).getTime());

answered Jul 31 '17 at 08:32

IanS5

This is entirely dependent on browser behaviour - some may parse that format, some not - per the spec they aren't guaranteed to understand it. – James Thorpe Jul 31 '17 at 08:35
Works with "31 October, 2017", not with OP's "31st October 2017" --> NaN – Jeremy Thille Jul 31 '17 at 08:39
yeah, I think best way around that is to just get rid of the "st" by doing `.replace('st','')` or something along those lines. – IanS5 Jul 31 '17 at 08:47

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