Question

function formatDate (input) {
  var datePart = input.match(/\d+/g),
  year = datePart[0].substring(2), // get only two digits
  month = datePart[1], day = datePart[2];

  document.write(new Date(day+'/'+month+'/'+year));
}

formatDate ('2010/01/18');

When i print this i get Thu Jun 01 1911 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) but the system is actually 3:42 P.M

Answer 1

Use the current date to retrieve the time and include that in the new date. For example:

var now = new Date,
    timenow = [now.getHours(),now.getMinutes(),now.getSeconds()].join(':'),
    dat = new Date('2011/11/30 '+timenow);