jquery/javascript convert date string to date

Question

I have a date string "Sunday, February 28, 2010" that I would like to convert to a js date object formatted @ MM/DD/YYYY but don't know how. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I would grab date.js or else you will need to roll your own formatting function.

Answer 2

var stringDate = "Sunday, February 28, 2010";

var months = ["January", "February", "March"]; // You add the rest  :-)

var m = /(\w+) (\d+), (\d+)/.exec(stringDate);

var date = new Date(+m[3], months.indexOf(m[1]), +m[2]);

The indexOf method on arrays is only supported on newer browsers (i.e. not IE). You'll need to do the searching yourself or use one of the many libraries that provide the same functionality.

Also the code is lacking any error checking which should be added. (String not matching the regular expression, non existent months, etc.)