How to create a new Date() in Javascript from a non-standard date format

Question

I have a date in this format: dd.mm.yyyy

When I instantiate a JavaScript date with it, it gives me a NaN

In c# I can specify a date format, to s

Answer 1

It's easy enough to split the string into an array and pass the parts directly to the Date object:

var str = "01.01.2010";
var dmy = str.split(".");

var d = new Date(dmy[2], dmy[1] - 1, dmy[0]);