parseDate Method

Parse the string value to a javascript Date object.

Syntax

Javascript (Usage)
Javascript (Specification)

var instance; // Type: wijmo.input.IFormatValidateLib;
var returnValue; // Type: Date

// Parameters
var value; // Type:  string
var format; // Type:  string
var culture; // Type:  string

returnValue = instance.parseDate(value, format, culture);

function parseDate( 
   value : string,
   format : string,
   culture : string
) : Date;

Parameters

value: The string value to parse.
format: The date format to use. For more information about format keywords, please see Format Function Library.
culture: The culture that the parsing library uses.

Return Value

Returns a parsed date object.

Example

Javascript

$.wijinputcore.parseDate("9/12/2013");  // returns: new Date(2013,8,12)
$.wijinputcore.parseDate("2013/09/12", "yyyy/MM/dd", "ja-JP");  //  returns: new Date(2013,8,12)
$.wijinputcore.parseDate("午後 11:22:33", "tt hh:mm:ss", "ja-JP");  //  returns: new Date(new Date().getFullYear(),0,1,23,22,33)
$.wijinputcore.parseDate("00:12:12", "HH:mm:ss", "ja-JP");   // returns: new Date(new Date().getFullYear(),0,1,0,12,12)

Remarks

For more information, see Parsing Function Library.

Reference

IFormatValidateLib Interface