Regarding JavaScript new Date() and Date.parse()

Question

This is my code :

  var exampleDate=\'23-12-2010 23:12:00\';  
  var date=new Date(exampleDate);//returns invalid Date
  var date1=Date.parse(exampleDate);//         


        

Answer 1

You could parse it manually with a regular expression then call the date constructor with the date elements, as such:

var parseDate = function(s) {
  var re = /^(\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d{4}) (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)$/;
  var m = re.exec(s);
  return m ? new Date(m[3], m[2]-1, m[1], m[4], m[5], m[6]) : null;
};
var dateStr = '23-12-2010 23:12:00';
parseDate(dateStr).toString(); //=> Thu Dec 23 2010 23:12:00 GMT-0800