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Date.parse() Static Method

This method converts a date string to a Date object.

Syntax

Date.parse(dateString)

Returns

A Date object representing the date in dateString.

Usage

Date.parse() is a static method, invoked using the Date constructor rather than a variable. The string must be in the following format:

Friday, October 31, 1998 15:30:00 -0800

where the last number is the offset from Greenwich mean time. This format is used by the dateVar.toGMTString() method and by email and Internet applications. The day of the week, time zone, time specification, or seconds field may be omitted. The statement:

var aDate = Date.parse(dateString);

is equivalent to:

var aDate = new Date(dateString);

Example

The following code fragment yields the result 9098766000:

var aDate = Date.parse("Friday, October 31, 1998 15:30:00 -0220");
TheApplication().RaiseErrorText(aDate);

See Also

The Date Constructor in Siebel eScript