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();
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Answer 1

Use this format: myDate = new Date('2011-01-03'); // Mon Jan 03 2011 00:00:00

Answer 2

Take a look at Datejs for all those petty date related issues.. You could solve this by parseDate function too