Javascript Converting human time to timestamp

Question

Using javascript, How can I convert a \"human time\" string like \"Wed Jun 20 19:20:44 +0000 2012\" into a timestamp value like \"1338821992\"?

Answer 1

In theory, with Date.parse(). In practice, however, with the thousands of different ways to express date and time (the least of which being the names of days/months in different languages), it's far easier to get the date in its component parts instead of trying to read a string.