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Extract date and time from string

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I have a datetime string:

Fri Feb 08 2013 09:47:57 GMT +0530 (IST)

I need to extract the date (02/08/2013) and time (09:47 am) parts and store them in two variables.

Is there an efficient way to do it using JavaScript?

I have written the following code:

var day = elementDate.getDate(); //Date of the month: 2 in our example

            var monthNo = elementDate.getMonth(); //Month of the Year: 0-based index, so 1 in our example

            var monthDesc = {'0':'January', '1':'February'}; //, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December);

            var year = elementDate.getFullYear() //Year: 2013

            var hours = elementDate.getHours();

            var mins = elementDate.getMinutes();

            var lDateValue = (year.toString() + - + monthNo.toString() + - + day.toString());



document.getElementById(lDate).value = lDateValue;

I have this in my HTML:

<input type=date name=name id=lDate class=custom value=/>

                <input type=time name=name id=lTime class=custom value=  />

The fields are not getting updated.
Am I missing something?

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answered 12 Years ago longd · Accepted Answer

The Date constructor is very good at creating dates from strings:

Use the following:

// This could be any Date String

var str = Fri Feb 08 2013 09:47:57 GMT +0530 (IST);

var date = new Date(str);

This will then give you access to all the Date functions (MDN)

For example:

var day = date.getDate(); //Date of the month: 2 in our example

var month = date.getMonth(); //Month of the Year: 0-based index, so 1 in our example

var year = date.getFullYear() //Year: 2013