Javascript Invalid Date Error in Internet Explorer

Question

Relatively simple javascript here, not sure why IE hates me (treat others how you want to be treated I suppose).

var newDate = new Date("2012, 11, 2 19:30:00:000"); alert(newDate); 

This works in Chrome and FF, but IE outputs "Invalid Date"

Fiddle me this: http://jsfiddle.net/k6yD6/

Answer 1

The string given to the date constructor should be an RFC2822 or ISO 8601 formatted date. In your example it isn't. Try the following:

new Date("2012-11-02T19:30:00.000Z"); 

or using an alternate constructor:

new Date(2012, 11, 2, 19, 30, 0) 

Answer 2

IE does not seem to support millisecond and months in Numerical String. Try this:

new Date("November 2, 2012 19:30:00"); 

or

new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)