Question

I have probably very simple question. I downloaded the http://jqplot.com javascript library and it provides the following example:

loc.push([[1340877779000, 2, 'start'] , [1340877869000, 2, 'end' ]]);

I need to substitute 1340877779000 with my variables that specify the time. I have:

var date_start = "2012-08-12 11:15";
var date_end = "2012-08-12 12:00";

How can I format ‘date_start’ and ‘date_end’ variables in order to use them inside loc.push()?

Answer 1

Just try:

var date_start =  +new Date('2012-08-12 11:15');

Update

However it doesn’t seem to work in firefox and IE. For firefox this should work (webkit can also consume it):

+new Date('2012-08-12 11:15'.replace(/-/g, '/'));

I’m not sure about IE, don’t have any to test.