JavaScript Date Object's month index begins with 0

google-visualization, javascript, mysql, php, timestamp

Solution

You can feed the Date constructor a date in mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd format and it will convert it:

>>> new Date('7/30/2009');
Thu Jul 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
>>> new Date('2009/7/30');
Thu Jul 30 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Problem

My goal is to convert a timestamp from MySQL into a JavaScript Date object in an efficient manner. Here is my current snippet that converts the MySQL timestamp into a formatted date in PHP: ``` <?php // formats timestamp into following format: 2009, 7, 30 $date = date("Y, n, j", strtotime($row["date"])); ?> ``` I am then using this `$date` value for a chart using Google's charting API which requires JavaScript Date object: ``` data.setValue(<?=$count;?>, 0, new Date(<?=$date;?>)); ``` The problem is that the JavaScript Date object begins the month index with 0 so the output is always 1 month in advance. What is the most efficient way in dealing with this issue? Thanks in advance!

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