how to parse a "dd/mm/yyyy" or "dd-mm-yyyy" or "dd-mmm-yyyy" formatted date string using JavaScript or jQuery
asp.net, date, javascript, jquery
Solution
You might want to use helper library like http://momentjs.com/ which wraps the native javascript date object for easier manipulations
Then you can do things like:
var day = moment("12-25-1995", "MM-DD-YYYY");
or
var day = moment("25/12/1995", "DD/MM/YYYY");
then operate on the date
day.add('days', 7)
and to get the native javascript date
day.toDate();
Problem
Possible Duplicate: Extending JavaScript's Date.parse to allow for DD/MM/YYYY (non-US formatted dates)? Convert dd-mm-yyyy string to date Entered a date in textbox, for example: 05/09/1985, and I wanted to convert it to 05-Sep-1985 (dd-MMM-yyyy) format. How would I achieve this? Note that the source format may be `dd-mm-yyyy` or `dd/mm/yyyy` or `dd-mmm-yyyy` format. Code Snippet: ``` function GetDateFormat(controlName) { if ($('#' + controlName).val() != "") { var d1 = Date.parse($('#' + controlName).val()); if (d1 == null) { alert('Date Invalid.'); $('#' + controlName).val(""); } var array = d1.toString('dd-MMM-yyyy'); $('#' + controlName).val(array); } } ``` This code returns 09-May-1985 but I want 05-Sep-1985. Thanks.