Strange date parsing

Question

I am parsing the following dates:

Date.parse('03/16/20') = 1584334800000

And

Date.parse('03/16/201') = -55817838000000

Why the second expression returns negative value?

Thanks

Because the year 201 was 1800 years ago? (1769 years before 1970 to be precise.) — Kevin Boucher, Mar 16 '18 at 21:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '18 at 21:21

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Epoch time is the number of seconds since January 1, 1970.

The year 201 is before that date, so the number of seconds since 1970 is negative.

(Two digit years are converted to 20th or 21st century years automatically)

answered Mar 16 '18 at 21:21

Quentin

So, which date 03/16/20 gets converted to? Oh, never mind , I got it. – Mark Mar 17 '18 at 01:28

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