Converting a string formatted YYYYMMDDHHMMSS into a JavaScript Date object

Question

I have a string with a date in it formatted like so: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. I was wondering how I would convert it into a JavaScript Date object with JavaScript.

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Answer 1

I find DateJS the best library for anything that has to do with converting, parsing and using dates in JavaScript. If you need that kind of conversions more often you should really consider using it in your application:

Date.parseExact("20091202051200", "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS");