Convert Javascript date format

Question

I have a textbox with a date in the format of: 2016.March.23

On the same page I need to pull this date into a javascript Date variable but when I try something like var date = new Date("2016.March.23"); I get invalid date format.

How can I convert this date format to a JS date variable?

gurvinder372 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-23 13:41:30Z

3

Date constructor takes one of these formats only.

var today = new Date();
var birthday = new Date('December 17, 1995 03:24:00');
var birthday = new Date('1995-12-17T03:24:00');
var birthday = new Date(1995, 11, 17);
var birthday = new Date(1995, 11, 17, 3, 24, 0);

You need parse this date using this method.

console.log( parseDate("2016.March.23" ) );
function parseDate(str)
{
  var monthArr = ["January","Febuary","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"];
  var dateItems = str.split(".");
  return new Date( dateItems[0], monthArr.indexOf(dateItems[1]), dateItems[2]  );
}

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 13:41

gurvinder372

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sd_dracula Over a year ago

I get this error 0x800a01b6 - JavaScript runtime error: Object doesn't support property or method 'split'

gurvinder372 Over a year ago

@sd_dracula what argument did you passed to this parseDate method?

sd_dracula Over a year ago

A Date hence the error. stirng works just fine. Also, how can I add a few days to the date and then convert it back to the original format?

gurvinder372 Over a year ago

For converting back to original format you need to get specific values (like year month date) and concatenate them. You can add days by doing date.setDate( date.getDate() + 5)

sd_dracula Over a year ago

That is what I was thinking, but how to get the getMonth() into the format of "March" as it oply returns a number.

vbilopav · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-23 13:38:41Z

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Try using your text date in standard ISO format:

new Date('2016-03-23');

That should work.

answered Mar 23, 2016 at 13:38

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vbilopav Over a year ago

Ok, then convert it to the one you can use.

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