get date object from string js code example

Example 1: js string to date

var myDate = new Date("2013/1/16");

var str = "2013/1/16";
var strToDate = new Date(str);

Example 2: how to find date in a string js

var str = 'On the 03/09/2015 I am swiming in a pool, that was build on the 27-03-1994';

var res = str.match(/\d{2}([\/.-])\d{2}\1\d{4}/g);

document.getElementById('out').value = res;