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

You can use an external library to help you out.

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/date/source.html

getDateFromFormat(val,format);

Also see this: Parse DateTime string in JavaScript