Javascript Invalid Date Error in Internet Explorer

Question

Relatively simple javascript here, not sure why IE hates me (treat others how you want to be treated I suppose).

var newDate = new Date(\"2012, 11, 2 19:30:0         


        

Answer 1

The string given to the date constructor should be an RFC2822 or ISO 8601 formatted date. In your example it isn't. Try the following:

new Date("2012-11-02T19:30:00.000Z");

or using an alternate constructor:

new Date(2012, 11, 2, 19, 30, 0)

Answer 2

I was having the same issue with Internet Explorer. This is how I was formatting the date and time initially,

function formatDateTime(date, formatString = 'MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm A') {
  return moment(new Date(date)).format(formatString);
}

The problem was with new Date(). I just removed it as it was already a UTC date. So it is just,

return moment(date).format(formatString);

This worked for me in all browsers including IE.

Answer 3

To work in IE, date should be in proper format. I fixed this same issue by using below format:

var tDate = new Date('2011'+"-"+'01'+"-"+'01'); //Year-Month-day

Answer 4

IE does not seem to support millisecond and months in Numerical String. Try this:

new Date("November 2, 2012 19:30:00");

or

new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)

Answer 5

Use

var newDate = moment("2012, 11, 2 19:30:00:000").toDate();
alert(newDate);

This will work in IE too.