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Description

Parses a string representation of a date and returns the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

• Date.parse() accepts time zone-offsets (GMT+230 for example).
• Date.parse() uses local time zone if no time zone entered.
• Date.UTC() local time defaults are applied to any arguments not supplied.

• Like all class methods parse() should be used on the class rather than an instance of the class.

Syntax

Parameters

Examples

The code below shows examples of the parse() method of Date.

// Parse a Date.
var cDate = new Date('Jan 1, 2000');
alert(cDate);

// Parse a Date with time zone.
var cDate = new Date('Jan 1, 2000, 12:12:12 GMT+0430');
alert(cDate);

Related Tutorials

JavaScript Intermediate Tutorials - Lesson 2 - Dates and Times

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