Re: Australian Date

 wrote on 23 nov 2005 in comp.lang.javascript:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to work with the Australian date formats and javascript and
> it's causing me quite a headache. I have a date in a "dd/mm/yy" format.
> Whenever I try to retrieve that date from my javascript, it'd return
> some random date that doesn't make sense.
>
> For example,

Wrong example, this is not working like you describe:

> var time = new Object;
> time.Date = "24/11/05"; //Nov. 24, 2005
> alert(time.Date);
>
> Now I'd get something 12/11/2006 in my alert box.

<script type='text/jscript'>

  var time = new Date("24/11/05"); //Nov. 24, 2005
  document.write(time);

  // Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 UTC+0100 1906
  // +0100 being my set regional time zone

</script>

This code works correctly, as the machine interprets
24/11/05 as the 11th day of the 24th month of 1905

[Depending on your regional setting being dd/mm/yyyy]

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Solution [regional settings independent]:

always use yyyy/mm/dd

var time = new Date("2005/11/24"); //Nov. 24, 2005

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