i have a string which, i want to compare with a javascript datetime object. how to convert string "1/1/1912" into datetime using JavaScript so that i can compare like
if (EDateTime > ('1/1/1912')) {...}
You could do this simply with a split if you can guarantee the date format.
var dateArray = '1/1/1912'.split("/");
new Date(dateArray[2], dateArray[1], dateArray[0]);
var dateArray = '2012-02-17 01:10:59'.split(' ');
var year = dateArray[0].split('-');
var time = dateArray[1].split(':');
var finishDate = new Date(year[0], year[1], year[2], time[0], time[1], time[2])
How about using DateJS library?
It can convert 1/1/1912 to Monday, January 01, 1912 12:00:00 AM easily