Convert string to Date

Convert '2013.04.12 14:40' string to Date format

by Ivan Gerasimenko

HTML

<div id='showTime'></div>

JavaScript

var month=new Array();
month[0]="January";
month[1]="February";
month[2]="March";
month[3]="April";
month[4]="May";
month[5]="June";
month[6]="July";
month[7]="August";
month[8]="September";
month[9]="October";
month[10]="November";
month[11]="December";

var str = '2013.04.12 14:40';
var elem = document.getElementById('showTime');

var year = str.substring(0,4);
var monthStrFigure = str.substring(5,7);
var monthInt = parseInt(monthStrFigure)-1;
var monthString = month[monthInt];
var day = str.substring(8,10);
var timeStr = str.substring(11,16);
var dateStr = monthString + ' ' + day + ', ' + year + ' ' + timeStr;

elem.innerHTML = new Date(dateStr);