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Sush
Sush

Reputation: 1457

"Invalid date" error when converting a string to date

Am trying to convert a string to date

var strdate='2014-04-23+09:06:57.4830591330'

while trying to convert this string to date using below code

var followupDate =  new Date(strdate);

console.log(followupDate)

am getting the error 

Date {Invalid Date}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 352

Answers (3)

George
George

Reputation: 36786

You just need a space rather than an addition sign, so you could just replace it:

var strdate='2014-04-23+09:06:57.4830591330';
var followupDate =  new Date(strdate.replace("+"," "));
console.log(followupDate);

Will log something like: Wed Apr 23 2014 09:06:57 GMT+0100 (GMT Summer Time).

Upvotes: 3

Nidhin S G
Nidhin S G

Reputation: 1695

Your String Format is Wrong It should be like this

var strdate = "2014-04-23 09:06:57.4830591330"

if you are getting your value dynamicaly then change it to this format by

var newstrdate = strdate.replace("+", " ");

and then try 

date = new Date(newstrdate);

Upvotes: 0

Maen
Maen

Reputation: 10700

You should replace the + sign in your string for a space, between the year and the hours.

To explain this, let's see Date documentation :

dateString

String value representing a date. The string should be in a format recognized by the Date.parse() method (IETF-compliant RFC 2822 timestamps and also a version of ISO8601).

Now, from RFC 2822 (under 3.3. Date and Time Specification), it's explicitly described that the + is meant for timezones:

zone = (( "+" / "-" ) 4DIGIT) / obs-zone

Moreover, note that there's no room for milliseconds in this standard.

Upvotes: 0

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