Parse .NET date with Javascript

Question

This is the value of my variable:

date.dateFrom = /Date(1328137200000)/

Here is how I use it:

$('#txtBoxDateFrom').val(data.dateFrom);

How to convert it to "normal" look? I consider normal look this: 01/01/2012

• Simon Edström: Have a look at this: stackoverflow.com/questions/1016847/…
• Nicola Peluchetti: Duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/1016847/…
• Alnitak: what's JSON got to do with it?
• Straseus: And this: webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/html/…
• Vytautas: is date.dateFrom and data.dateFrom somehow related?

Answer 1

function FormatDate(d)
{
 var day = d.getDate();
 var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
 var year = d.getFullYear();
 return month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
}
var formatted = FormatDate(new Date(1328137200000));
// Sets it as 2/2/2012

If you want to pad it with zeros:

function FormatDate(d)
{
 var day = d.getDate();
 var month = d.getMonth() + 1;
 var year = d.getFullYear();
 return (month <= 9 ? '0'+month : month) + "/" + (day <= 9 ? '0'+day : day) + "/" + year;
}
var formatted = FormatDate(new Date(1328137200000));
// Sets it as 02/02/2012

• petko_stankoski: but FormatDate (your function) always returns 3/19, even when the date is not that.
• Roland Mai: @Srcee I had a var d = new Date() in there as I was testing it. I updated it now and it should work fine.

Answer 2

Using Date.toString or some other related method (toDateString, toLocaleString, etc), depending on what you consider "normal" look.