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JavaScript Date method: parse()

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The parse() method (when applied to the JavaScript Date object) Parses a dateString and returns the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00.

 

It has the following syntax with the following parameters:

 

Date.parse(dateString)

 

Parameter

Required / Optional

Description

dateString

Required

A string representation of a date

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
table,th,tr,td {border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Resulting value of <code>x</code></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code id="Example"></code></td>
<td><code id="Result"></code></td>
</tr>
</table>

<script>
document.getElementById("Example").innerHTML =
  'var x = Date.parse("January 1, 1970 00:00:01");';
document.getElementById("Result").innerHTML =
  Date.parse("January 1, 1970 00:00:01");
</script>

</body>
</html>

FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedJavaScriptMethodDateParse() {
  var d = new Date(Date.now()); return !!d.parse;
}


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