turn date string into date 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: convert string to datetime javascript

var s = '01-01-1970 00:03:44';
var d = new Date(s);
console.log(d); // ---> Thu Jan 01 1970 00:03:44 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Example 3: string date to date in javascript

var ts = '1471793029764';
ts = Number(ts); // cast it to a Number
var date = new Date(ts); // works

var invalidDate = new Date('1471793029764'); // does not work. Invalid Date