AngularJS/javascript converting a date String to date object

Question

Im stuck on a problem and would appreciate any help. I have read through lot of the discussions already but they dont seem to work for me.

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Answer 1

I know this is in the above answers, but my point is that I think all you need is

new Date(collectionDate);

if your goal is to convert a date string into a date (as per the OP "How do I convert it to a date object?").