jQuery UI - Convert jQuery UI Datepicker to UNIX time
datepicker, datetimepicker, javascript, jquery-ui, unix-timestamp
Solution
If you use jQuery timepicker by Trent Richardson, you can do this: `$("#your_datepicker").datetimepicker("getDate").getTime() / 1000`
http://jsfiddle.net/d6Tky/
Remember that this function may return null if no date has been selected.
Problem
I'm using jQuery UI datepicker with time plugin. This is how I display time on the page in datepicker itself: ``` 21.06.2012 08:00 ``` I'd like to convert this time to UNIX timestamp before sending to backend. How can I do this? I don't need to dispay UNIX time on the page, I only need to convert before posting. I've tried: ``` var d = Date.parse(value_of_datepicker); ``` but had no luck. It seems date should be formated in another way. Also I've tried several build-in datepicker functions, but all of them set date display view. Thanks.