Javascript new Date Cross Browser Format Problem

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I'm having problems with date string formatting using Javascript. On IE the date format is MM-DD-YYYY but on Firefox it's YYYY-MM-DD. Chrome works both of them but when I choose one of the formats, the other browser gives me an Invalid Date warning.

My code as an example (works on IE but not on Firefox):

  var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

  var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/(d{4})-(d{2})-(d{2})/,"$2-$3-$1"));

  date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

  date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

  return date.toLocaleDateString();

https://jsfiddle.net/kmmna8c0/

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

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asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

I want to find a solution without a plugin.

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:13

1

"On IE date format is MM-DD-YYYY" is a very broad statement. In what way is that "the date format"? The parameter to new Date(dateString) is documented to be in ISO-8601 or RFC2822 format, so I'd expect you to just be able to use dateSTR directly, without any messing around.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:14

1

possible duplicate of Javascript Date() constructor doesn't work

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:16

“I want to find a solution without a plugin” – well then write code that parses your input date format into its single parts yourself, and then feed them to the Date constructor version that takes single arguments for each one of them.

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:18

@JonSkeet when I use dateSTR directly, it does not work on IE. CBroe thanks for your link

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:22

|
show 4 more comments

My code as an example (works on IE but not on Firefox):

  var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

  var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/(d{4})-(d{2})-(d{2})/,"$2-$3-$1"));

  date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

  date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

  return date.toLocaleDateString();

https://jsfiddle.net/kmmna8c0/

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

I want to find a solution without a plugin.

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:13

1

"On IE date format is MM-DD-YYYY" is a very broad statement. In what way is that "the date format"? The parameter to new Date(dateString) is documented to be in ISO-8601 or RFC2822 format, so I'd expect you to just be able to use dateSTR directly, without any messing around.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:14

1

possible duplicate of Javascript Date() constructor doesn't work

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:16

“I want to find a solution without a plugin” – well then write code that parses your input date format into its single parts yourself, and then feed them to the Date constructor version that takes single arguments for each one of them.

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:18

@JonSkeet when I use dateSTR directly, it does not work on IE. CBroe thanks for your link

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:22

|
show 4 more comments

My code as an example (works on IE but not on Firefox):

  var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

  var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/(d{4})-(d{2})-(d{2})/,"$2-$3-$1"));

  date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

  date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

  return date.toLocaleDateString();

https://jsfiddle.net/kmmna8c0/

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

My code as an example (works on IE but not on Firefox):

  var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

  var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/(d{4})-(d{2})-(d{2})/,"$2-$3-$1"));

  date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

  date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

  return date.toLocaleDateString();

https://jsfiddle.net/kmmna8c0/

javascript date

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

edited Jan 3 at 16:06

Jonathan

15.3k34111184

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

asked Sep 29 '15 at 7:10

Kamuran Sönecek

1,93021743

I want to find a solution without a plugin.

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:13

1

"On IE date format is MM-DD-YYYY" is a very broad statement. In what way is that "the date format"? The parameter to new Date(dateString) is documented to be in ISO-8601 or RFC2822 format, so I'd expect you to just be able to use dateSTR directly, without any messing around.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:14

1

possible duplicate of Javascript Date() constructor doesn't work

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:16

“I want to find a solution without a plugin” – well then write code that parses your input date format into its single parts yourself, and then feed them to the Date constructor version that takes single arguments for each one of them.

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:18

@JonSkeet when I use dateSTR directly, it does not work on IE. CBroe thanks for your link

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:22

|
show 4 more comments

I want to find a solution without a plugin.

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:13

1

"On IE date format is MM-DD-YYYY" is a very broad statement. In what way is that "the date format"? The parameter to new Date(dateString) is documented to be in ISO-8601 or RFC2822 format, so I'd expect you to just be able to use dateSTR directly, without any messing around.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:14

1

possible duplicate of Javascript Date() constructor doesn't work

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:16

“I want to find a solution without a plugin” – well then write code that parses your input date format into its single parts yourself, and then feed them to the Date constructor version that takes single arguments for each one of them.

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:18

@JonSkeet when I use dateSTR directly, it does not work on IE. CBroe thanks for your link

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:22

I want to find a solution without a plugin.

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:13

"On IE date format is MM-DD-YYYY" is a very broad statement. In what way is that "the date format"? The parameter to new Date(dateString) is documented to be in ISO-8601 or RFC2822 format, so I'd expect you to just be able to use dateSTR directly, without any messing around.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:14

possible duplicate of Javascript Date() constructor doesn't work

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:16

“I want to find a solution without a plugin” – well then write code that parses your input date format into its single parts yourself, and then feed them to the Date constructor version that takes single arguments for each one of them.

– CBroe
Sep 29 '15 at 7:18

@JonSkeet when I use dateSTR directly, it does not work on IE. CBroe thanks for your link

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:22

|
show 4 more comments

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I only see a difference in the toLocaleDateString - NOTE: I am in Europe, so only FX is showing me what I want

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

Chrome:

0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

4:9/28/2015

IE10:

0:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

1:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

2:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

3:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

4:28 September 2015

FX:

"0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"4:28/09/2015"

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

1

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

add a comment |

This code will return you the same date in IE, Chrome and FireFox:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

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add a comment |

It seems like you are trying to create a Date object from a predefined string (in your example: "2015-09-29").

You can use the following:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateYear = 2015;         // create this from dateSTR

var dateMonth = 8;           // create this from dateSTR (= month-1)

var dateDay = 9;             // create this from dateSTR

and then use:

var date = new Date(dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay);

based on the explanation here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

366213

thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

add a comment |

Split it like this

var args = dateStr.split(/[-/]/); // Add any special characters if you need.

And create date from it like this

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

Thats it.

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

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That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

1

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

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I only see a difference in the toLocaleDateString - NOTE: I am in Europe, so only FX is showing me what I want

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

Chrome:

0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

4:9/28/2015

IE10:

0:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

1:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

2:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

3:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

4:28 September 2015

FX:

"0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"4:28/09/2015"

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

1

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

add a comment |

I only see a difference in the toLocaleDateString - NOTE: I am in Europe, so only FX is showing me what I want

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

Chrome:

0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

4:9/28/2015

IE10:

0:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

1:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

2:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

3:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

4:28 September 2015

FX:

"0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"4:28/09/2015"

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

1

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

add a comment |

I only see a difference in the toLocaleDateString - NOTE: I am in Europe, so only FX is showing me what I want

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

Chrome:

0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

4:9/28/2015

IE10:

0:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

1:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

2:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

3:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

4:28 September 2015

FX:

"0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"4:28/09/2015"

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

I only see a difference in the toLocaleDateString - NOTE: I am in Europe, so only FX is showing me what I want

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

Chrome:

0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

4:9/28/2015

IE10:

0:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

1:Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

2:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

3:Mon Sep 28 02:00:00 UTC+0200 2015 

4:28 September 2015

FX:

"0:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"1:Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"2:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"3:Mon Sep 28 2015 02:00:00 GMT+0200" 

"4:28/09/2015"

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

    var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

    var date  = new Date(dateSTR.replace(/-/g,"/"));



    console.log("0:"+ new Date("2015/09/29"))

    console.log("1:"+date)

    date.setUTCHours(date.getHours());

    console.log("2:"+date)

    date.setUTCMinutes(date.getMinutes());

    console.log("3:"+date);

    console.log("4:"+date.toLocaleDateString());

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:34

mplungjan

90.5k22127185

1

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

add a comment |

1

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

thank you @mplungjan it works perfectly

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:49

add a comment |

This code will return you the same date in IE, Chrome and FireFox:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

add a comment |

This code will return you the same date in IE, Chrome and FireFox:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

add a comment |

This code will return you the same date in IE, Chrome and FireFox:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

This code will return you the same date in IE, Chrome and FireFox:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateArr = dateSTR.split("-");

var theDate = new Date(dateArr[0], dateArr[1]-1, dateArr[2]);

alert(theDate);

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

optic

1479

add a comment |

It seems like you are trying to create a Date object from a predefined string (in your example: "2015-09-29").

You can use the following:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateYear = 2015;         // create this from dateSTR

var dateMonth = 8;           // create this from dateSTR (= month-1)

var dateDay = 9;             // create this from dateSTR

and then use:

var date = new Date(dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay);

based on the explanation here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

366213

thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

add a comment |

It seems like you are trying to create a Date object from a predefined string (in your example: "2015-09-29").

You can use the following:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateYear = 2015;         // create this from dateSTR

var dateMonth = 8;           // create this from dateSTR (= month-1)

var dateDay = 9;             // create this from dateSTR

and then use:

var date = new Date(dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay);

based on the explanation here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

366213

thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

add a comment |

It seems like you are trying to create a Date object from a predefined string (in your example: "2015-09-29").

You can use the following:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateYear = 2015;         // create this from dateSTR

var dateMonth = 8;           // create this from dateSTR (= month-1)

var dateDay = 9;             // create this from dateSTR

and then use:

var date = new Date(dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay);

based on the explanation here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

366213

It seems like you are trying to create a Date object from a predefined string (in your example: "2015-09-29").

You can use the following:

var dateSTR = "2015-09-29";

var dateYear = 2015;         // create this from dateSTR

var dateMonth = 8;           // create this from dateSTR (= month-1)

var dateDay = 9;             // create this from dateSTR

and then use:

var date = new Date(dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay);

based on the explanation here: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_date.asp

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

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answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

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answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

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answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:19

Miki Berkovich

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thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

add a comment |

thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

thanks for your answer. the method is it available for date time?

– Kamuran Sönecek
Sep 29 '15 at 7:26

Yes, it can be used for setting date and time as well. Look at the reference link I attached

– Miki Berkovich
Sep 29 '15 at 7:45

add a comment |

Split it like this

var args = dateStr.split(/[-/]/); // Add any special characters if you need.

And create date from it like this

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

Thats it.

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

1

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

|
show 3 more comments

Split it like this

var args = dateStr.split(/[-/]/); // Add any special characters if you need.

And create date from it like this

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

Thats it.

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

1

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

|
show 3 more comments

Split it like this

var args = dateStr.split(/[-/]/); // Add any special characters if you need.

And create date from it like this

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

Thats it.

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

Split it like this

var args = dateStr.split(/[-/]/); // Add any special characters if you need.

And create date from it like this

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

Thats it.

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

edited Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

answered Sep 29 '15 at 7:29

Exception

2,2421164118

That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

1

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

|
show 3 more comments

That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

1

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

That will give October for the month if dateStr is "2015-09-29"...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:30

@JonSkeet What now? For that small change, it does not deserve down vote

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 7:51

Why not? It confidently ("that's it") provided an answer that didn't work. I'd say that makes the answer "not useful", which is the tool tip for the downvote button... especially as optic had already provided similar but working code 10 minutes earlier. I've removed the downvote now that it's fixed, but I think it's entirely reasonable to downvote broken answers.

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 7:53

@JonSkeet Ok I agree with the comment you made if its matching question requirement, but the question is about logic to parse the values. And the focus of my answer was providing better parsing logic.. Later he can do whatever the operation he want to do with the date. And this question is not about date. Its about parsing the date.

– Exception
Sep 29 '15 at 11:05

And parsing the date to the wrong value is unhelpful, IMO. I'm pretty sure an implicit requirement of the question is that the Date obtained for "2015-09-29" is September 29th 2015, not January 1st 2001 for example...

– Jon Skeet
Sep 29 '15 at 11:11

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