How to create a date object from string in javascript [duplicate]

Question

Having this string 30/11/2011. I want to convert it to date object.

Do I need to use :

Date d = new Date(2011,11,30);   /* months 1..12? */ 

or

Date d = new Date(2011,10,30);   /* months 0..11? */ 

?

Answer 1

var d = new Date(2011,10,30); 

as months are indexed from 0 in js.

Answer 2

You definitely want to use the second expression since months in JS are enumerated from 0.

Also you may use Date.parse method, but it uses different date format:

var timestamp = Date.parse("11/30/2011"); var dateObject = new Date(timestamp);