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Javascript date parsing on Iphone

I'm working on an offline capabable Javascript site that targets mobile devices. One such mobile device is the IPhone.

I'm trying to parse a date from our REST API (a member of JSON object). I'm using

Date.parse("2010-03-15 10:30:00");

This works on Android devices, however on IPhone it just gives an invalid date.

How do I need to format my date string so it can be parsed by the IPhone?

Solution

  • Not all browsers support the same date formats. The best approach is to split the string on the separator characters (-,   and :) instead, and pass each of the resulting array items to the Date constructor:

    var arr = "2010-03-15 10:30:00".split(/[- :]/),
    date = new Date(arr[0], arr[1]-1, arr[2], arr[3], arr[4], arr[5]);

console.log(date);
//-> Mon Mar 15 2010 10:30:00 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)

    This will work the same in all browsers.