Craete a Date Obj from a specific (non-standard) format

Question

I have a date in this format "Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2023". How can I instantiate a Date Obj?

Answer 1

You have to create custom function to parse this date string as given below:

function parseCustomDate(dateString){
   

  // Split the date string into individual components
  var parts = dateString.split(" ");

  // Map the month name to its corresponding index (0-based)
  var monthNames = [
    "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
    "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"
  ];
  var monthIndex = monthNames.indexOf(parts[1]);

  // Extract the day, month, year, and time components
  var day = parseInt(parts[2], 10);
  var year = parseInt(parts[5], 10);
  var timeParts = parts[3].split(":");
  var hour = parseInt(timeParts[0], 10);
  var minute = parseInt(timeParts[1], 10);
  var second = parseInt(timeParts[2], 10);

  // Create a new Date object using the extracted components
  var dateObj = new Date(year, monthIndex, day, hour, minute, second);

  return dateObj;

}

var dateObj = parseCustomDate("Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2023");
alert(dateObj);