date parse javascript 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 validate from and to date using date.parse in javascript
var stringval = '01/03/2012';
var testdate;
try {
testdate = $.datepicker.parseDate('mm/dd/yy', stringval);
// Notice 'yy' indicates a 4-digit year value
} catch (e)
{
alert(stringval + ' is not valid. Format must be MM/DD/YYYY ' +
'and the date value must be valid for the calendar.';
}