Node.js Date.parse() API

The date-and-time.Date.parse() is a minimalist collection of functions for manipulating JS date and time module which is used to parse the date according to a certain pattern.

Required Module: Install the module by npm or used it locally.

• By using npm.

npm install date-and-time --save

• By using CDN link.

<script src="/path/to/date-and-time.min.js"></script>

Syntax:

parse(dateString, arg)

Parameters: This method takes the following arguments as parameters:

• dateString: It is the string object of the date
• arg: It is the required date format.

Return Value: This method returns parsed date and time.

Example 1:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the  
// Date.parse() method

// Importing module
const date = require('date-and-time')

// Creating object of current date and time 
// by using Date() 
const now  =  new Date('07-03-2021');

// Parsing the date and time
// by using date.parse() method
const value = date.parse(now.toLocaleDateString(),'D/M/YYYY');

// Display the result
console.log("parsed date and time : " + value)

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

parsed date and time :
Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Example 2:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the  
// Date.parse() method

// Importing module
const date = require('date-and-time')

// Parsing the date and time
// by using date.parse() method
const value = date.parse('23:14:05 GMT+0900','HH:mm:ss [GMT]Z');

// Display the result
console.log("Parsed date and time : " + value)

Run the index.js file using the following command:

node index.js

Output:

Parsed date and time :
Thu Jan 01 1970 19:44:05 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

Reference: https://github.com/knowledgecode/date-and-time