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I have the following line, which generates a valid timestamp in FF and Chrome:
new Date('2012 11 2 00:00:00 GMT').getTime();
However, in IE9, I get NaN. What needs to be done differently to get this line to be cross browser compatible?
The date format you are using should conform to the EMCAscript spec, it just so happens that Firefox and Chrome are more forgiving about parsing.
The format should be:
So try this:
This will not work in older versions of IE. If you need full compatability then refer to the other answer.