Question

I have dynamic string with a HH:mm:ss format (e.g. 18:19:02). How can the string be converted into a JavaScript Date object (in Internet Explorer 8, Chrome, and Firefox)?

I tried the following:

   var d = Date.parse("18:19:02");
   document.write(d.getMinutes() + ":" + d.getSeconds());

Answer 1

Try this (without jQuery and a date object (it’s only a time)):

var
    pieces = "8:19:02".split(':')
    hour, minute, second;

if(pieces.length === 3) {
    hour = parseInt(pieces[0], 10);
    minute = parseInt(pieces[1], 10);
    second = parseInt(pieces[2], 10);
}