Convert dd-mm-yyyy string to date

Question

i am trying to convert a string in the format dd-mm-yyyy into a date object in JavaScript using the following:

 var from = $(\"#datepicker\").val();
 var to          


        

Answer 1

You can just:

var f = new Date(from.split('-').reverse().join('/'));

Answer 2

You could use a Regexp.

var result = /^(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})$/.exec($("#datepicker").val());
if (result) {
    from = new Date(
        parseInt(result[3], 10), 
        parseInt(result[2], 10) - 1, 
        parseInt(result[1], 10)
    );
}

Answer 3

You can also write a date inside the parentheses of the Date() object, like these:

new Date("Month dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss")
new Date("Month dd, yyyy")
new Date(yyyy,mm,dd,hh,mm,ss)
new Date(yyyy,mm,dd)
new Date(milliseconds)

Answer 4

You can use an external library to help you out.

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/date/source.html

getDateFromFormat(val,format);

Also see this: Parse DateTime string in JavaScript

Answer 5

new Date().toLocaleDateString();

simple as that, just pass your date to js Date Object

Answer 6

Another possibility:

var from = "10-11-2011"; 
var numbers = from.match(/\d+/g); 
var date = new Date(numbers[2], numbers[0]-1, numbers[1]);

Match the digits and reorder them