How to create a date object from string in javascr

Question

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• Converting a string to a date in JavaScript 30 answers

Having this string 30/11/2011. I want to convert it to date object.

Do I need to use :

Date d = new Date(2011,11,30);   /* months 1..12? */

or

Date d = new Date(2011,10,30);   /* months 0..11? */

?

Answer 1

First extract the string like this

var dateString = str.match(/^(\d{2})\/(\d{2})\/(\d{4})$/);

Then,

var d = new Date( dateString[3], dateString[2]-1, dateString[1] );

Answer 2

var d = new Date(2011,10,30);

as months are indexed from 0 in js.