Set a locale in javascript

Question

jQuery tests the validity of a date via:

!/Invalid|NaN/.test(new Date(value))

new Date(dateString) is the same as Date.parse(dateString) and uses browser/OS locale to parse the string.

I'm trying to parse DD/MM/YYYY but I get an error because my browser is looking for MM/DD/YYYY. Since my product will be used only by DD/MM people, I want to force this behaviour.

I could write a custom validator, but is it possible to change the browser locale via JavaScript as well?

Answer 1

You can now use JavaScript's Internationalization API because it's now supported in all browsers. It allows you to pass in a locale, which will customize the date format.

console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB').format(date));

Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DateTimeFormat

Answer 2

You should use moment.js to parse dates.

//parse string according to format and return new moment
var day = moment("16/12/2017", "DD/MM/YYYY");  

var dayAsDate = day.toDate();  //you can even covert the moment to a Date

Globalize also has a date parsing module if you need to handle date strings in other locales/scripts.