Date parsing in javascript is different between safari and chrome

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bradgonesurfing picture bradgonesurfing · Jun 21, 2011 · Viewed 77.1k times · Source

I have the following code

var c = new Date(Date.parse("2011-06-21T14:27:28.593Z"));
console.log(c);

On Chrome it correctly prints out the date on the console. In Safari it fails. Who is correct and more importantly what is the best way to handle this?

Answer

Erik picture Erik · Jun 21, 2011

You can't really use Date.parse. I suggest you use: new Date (year, month [, date [, hours [, minutes [, seconds [, ms ] ] ] ] ] )

To split the string you could try

var s = '2011-06-21T14:27:28.593Z';
var a = s.split(/[^0-9]/);
//for (i=0;i<a.length;i++) { alert(a[i]); }
var d=new Date (a[0],a[1]-1,a[2],a[3],a[4],a[5] );
alert(s+ " "+d);

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