Javascript Data Type How to - Parse date string as '05/10/2014'

Question

We would like to know how to parse date string as '05/10/2014'.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window.onload=function(){<!--from w  w w.j  av  a  2 s . co  m-->
    var str = '05/10/2014';
    var date = new Date(str.split('/').reverse().join('/'));
    document.writeln(date)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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