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What is a culture-invariant way of constructing a string such that the Javascript Date() constructor can parse it and create the proper date object?
I have tried these format strings which don't work (using C# to generate the strings):
clientDate.ToString();
// gives: "11/05/2009 17:35:23 +00:00"
clientDate.ToString("MMM' 'dd', 'yyyy' 'h':'mm':'ss' 'tt");
// works on an English server
// but on a French server, gives: "mai 11, 2009 5:35:23"
// Javascript won't parse that.
clientDate.ToString("MM'-'dd'-'yyyy' 'HH':'mm':'ss")
// gives: 05-11-2009 17:35:23
What is the universal format??
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The preferred Javascript date formats are: Dates Only — YYYY-MM-DD. Dates With Times — YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
parse() The Date. parse() method parses a string representation of a date, and returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC or NaN if the string is unrecognized or, in some cases, contains illegal date values (e.g. 2015-02-31). Only the ISO 8601 format ( YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.
Use the JavaScript function JSON.parse() to convert text into a JavaScript object: const obj = JSON.parse('{"name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'); Make sure the text is in JSON format, or else you will get a syntax error.
To convert a dd/mm/yyyy string to a date:Pass the year, month minus 1 and the day to the Date() constructor. The Date() constructor creates and returns a new Date object.
According to MDC:
Given a string representing a time,
parsereturns the time value. It accepts the IETF standard (RFC 1123 Section 5.2.14 and elsewhere) date syntax:"Mon, 25 Dec 1995 13:30:00 GMT". It understands the continental US time-zone abbreviations, but for general use, use a time-zone offset, for example,"Mon, 25 Dec 1995 13:30:00 GMT+0430"(4 hours, 30 minutes east of the Greenwich meridian). If you do not specify a time zone, the local time zone is assumed. GMT and UTC are considered equivalent.
If you can’t generate this format using english locale, try to use Date.UTC
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