JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://cdn.alloyui.com/2.5.0/aui/aui-min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.alloyui.com/2.5.0/aui-css/css/bootstrap.min.css">JavaScript
var d1 = Date.parse("01/12/2004"); // returns a valid JavaScript date
var d2 = Date.parse("2004/31/02", "dd/mm/YYYY");
alert('d1:'+d1);
alert('d2:'+d2);