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

Looks like the date/time you've provided is in seconds not milliseconds. So you'll need to divide by 1000 to get the date/time in seconds.

//Gets date in seconds 
var d1 = Date.parse('Wed Jun 20 19:20:44 +0000 2012')/1000;
alert(d1);

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/AUt9K/