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How to parse a date in format “YYYYmmdd” in JavaScript?

This is a noob question: How to parse a date in format “YYYYmmdd” without external libraries ? If the input string is not in this format I would like to get invalid Date (or undefined if it will be easier). Answer Usage: UPDATE: As Rocket said, months are 0-based in js…use this if month&#821…

Getting current date and time in JavaScript

I have a script that prints the current date and time in JavaScript, but the DATE is always wrong. Here is the code: It should print 18/04/2012 15:07:33 and prints 3/3/2012 15:07:33 Answer .getMonth() returns a zero-based number so to get the correct month you need to add 1, so calling .getMonth() in may will…

Get the current year in JavaScript

How do I get the current year in JavaScript? Answer Create a new Date() object and call getFullYear(): Example usage: a page footer that always shows the current year: See also, the Date() constructor’s full list of methods.

Convert string to datetime

How to convert string like ’01-01-1970 00:03:44′ to datetime? Answer For this format (assuming datepart has the format dd-mm-yyyy) in plain javascript use dateString2Date. It may bite you, because of browser compatibility problems. tryParseDateFromString is ES6 utility method to parse a date strin…