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 string using a format string parameter (format) to inform the method about the position of date/month/year in the
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Incrementing a date in JavaScript
I need to increment a date value by one day in JavaScript. For example, I have a date value 2010-09-11 and I need to store the date of the next day in a JavaScript variable. How can I increment a date by a day? Answer Three options for you: 1. Using just JavaScript’s Date object (no libraries): My previous answer
Javascript Date.UTC() function is off by a month?
I was playing around with Javascript creating a simple countdown clock when I came across this strange behavior: The days left is off by 30 days. What is wrong with this code? Edit: I changed the variable names to make it more clear. Answer The month is zero-based for JavaScript. Days and years are one-based. Go figure. UPDATE The reason
JSON Stringify changes time of date because of UTC
My date objects in JavaScript are always represented by UTC +2 because of where I am located. Hence like this Problem is doing a JSON.stringify converts the above date to What I need is for the date and time to be honoured but it’s not, hence it should be Basically I use this: I tried passing a replacer parameter (second
easter_date() in JavaScript
I’m making a calendar generator in JavaScript. I need the Unix Timestamp for easter day midnight, for a given year. How can I do that (in JavaScript)? PHP’s function can be found here. Answer According to this:- Example usage:-
Compare two dates with JavaScript
Can someone suggest a way to compare the values of two dates greater than, less than, and not in the past using JavaScript? The values will be coming from text boxes. Answer The Date object will do what you want – construct one for each date, then compare them using the >, <, <= or >=. The ==, !=, ===,
How do I get a timestamp in JavaScript?
I want a single number that represents the current date and time, like a Unix timestamp. Answer Timestamp in milliseconds To get the number of milliseconds since Unix epoch, call Date.now: Alternatively, use the unary operator + to call Date.prototype.valueOf: Alternatively, call valueOf directly: To support IE8 and earlier (see compatibility table), create a shim for Date.now: Alternatively, call getTime