Javascript Data Type How to - Split date string '2012-11-02'








Question

We would like to know how to split date string '2012-11-02'.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script type='text/javascript'>
    var date_string = "2012-11-02";
    var first_try = new Date(date_string);
    document.writeln(first_try.toDateString());
    var date_split = date_string.split("-");
    var second_try = new Date(date_split[0], +date_split[1]-3, date_split[2]);
    document.writeln(second_try.toDateString());
</script><!--from w  w  w  . j ava 2 s  . com-->
</body>
</html>

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