JS: new Date() is not accepting date string in my own locale (d/m/y)

Question

My browser (ie. my OS) should know I\'m in Australia and what the correct date format is. In this case, d/m/y, not m/d/y. However if I run the following code:

Answer 1

The Date object is very weak. You cannot tell it what format to expect. You can create it with a string in m/d/y like you stated, or new Date(year, month, day[, hours, seconds, milliseconds]);