Convert dd-mm-yyyy string to date

Question

i am trying to convert a string in the format dd-mm-yyyy into a date object in JavaScript using the following:

 var from = $(\"#datepicker\").val();
 var to          


        

Answer 1

regular expression example:

new Date( "13-01-2011".replace( /(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/, "$2/$1/$3") );