JavaScript parse() Method
 Complete Date Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The parse() method takes a date string and returns the number of milliseconds
since midnight of January 1, 1970.
Syntax
| Parameter |
Description |
| datestring |
Required. A string representing a date |
Example
In this example we will get how many milliseconds there are from 1970/01/01
to 2005/07/08:
<script type="text/javascript">
var d = Date.parse("Jul 8, 2005");
document.write(d);
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
Example 2
Now we will convert the output from the example above into years:
<script type="text/javascript">
var minutes = 1000 * 60;
var hours = minutes * 60;
var days = hours * 24;
var years = days * 365;
var t = Date.parse("Jul 8, 2005");
var y = t/years;
document.write("It's been: " + y + " years from 1970/01/01");
document.write(" to 2005/07/08!");
</script>
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The output of the code above will be:
It's been: 35.53949771689498 years from 1970/01/01 to 2005/07/08!
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Try-It-Yourself Demos
parse()
Use parse() to print the milliseconds from 1970/01/01 to a specified date.
Complete Date Object Reference
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