JavaScript Date.parse return NaN in Mozilla Browser

Question

Mozilla browser I have tried get my time-stamp in JavaScript like strtotime in php

My Code:

//var start_date = data.result[0].start_date;
var start_date = "2011-01-26 13:51:50";
var d = Date.parse(start_date) / 1000;
console.log(d);
// 1296030110

Above code is working fine in chrome. But not working in the Mozilla Browser. I am getting NaN value. Please help me.

After search in google I find one solution to add T between the date and time. so I have added. I am getting the output but the output is not the same in both browser.

var start_date = "2011-01-26T13:51:50";
var d = Date.parse(start_date) / 1000;
console.log(d);
//Mozilla = 1296030110
//Chrome  =  1296044910

Answer 1

Do not parse strings with the Date constructor or Date.parse (they do the same thing), it is extremely unreliable, especially for non–standard strings (and some that are). To parse "2011-01-26 13:51:50" as a local time, use a library or a simple function like:

function parseDateTime(s) {
  var b = s.split(/\D/);
  return new Date(b[0],b[1]-1,b[2],b[3],b[4],b[5])
}

document.write(parseDateTime("2011-01-26 13:51:50") / 1000);

To include validation an support for missing values adds a bit more code on one more line.