Javascript Data Type How to - Create New Date from a 12 hour format date and time string

Question

We would like to know how to create New Date from a 12 hour format date and time string.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
  src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-compat-git.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'
  src="http://momentjs.com/downloads/moment.min.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(window).on('load', function() {
    var datestr = "2014-12-31 11:59 pm";
    var date = moment(datestr,"YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm a")
    $("#log").text(date.format("HH:mm:SS MMM DD YYYY"));
});<!--from   w w w .j a  v a  2s .co  m-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="log"></div>
</body>
</html>

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