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:

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Answer 1

In my case

new Date("20151102034013".replace(/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})/, "$1-$2-$3T$4:$5:$6"))

Result: Mon Nov 02 2015 04:40:13 GMT+0100 (CET) then I use .getTime() to work with milliseconds