Javascript [Electronic resources] : The Definitive Guide (4th Edition) نسخه متنی

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; JScript 1.0; ECMAScript
v1

Synopsis

Date.parse(date)

Arguments

date

A string containing the date and time to be parsed.

Returns

The number of milliseconds between the specified date and time and
midnight GMT on January 1, 1970.

Description

Date.parse( ) is a static method of Date. It is
always invoked through the Date constructor as
Date.parse( ), not through a Date object as
date.parse( ).
Date.parse( ) takes a single string argument. It
parses the date contained in this string and returns it in
millisecond format, which can be used directly, used to create a new
Date object, or used to set the date in an existing Date object with
Date.setTime( ).

The ECMAScript standard does not specify the format of the strings
that can be parsed by Date.parse( ) except to say
that this method can parse the strings returned by the
Date.toString( ) and Date.toUTCString(
) methods. Unfortunately, these functions format dates in
an implementation-dependent way, so it is not in general possible to
write dates in a way that is guaranteed to be understood by all
JavaScript implementations.

See Also

Date, Date.setTime( ), Date.toGMTString( ), Date.UTC( )