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Why cannot IE parse this string as a Date object.
var d = Date.parse("Fri Jun 11 04:55:12 +0000 2010"); // returns NaN
However, it works well in FireFox. I am running IE 8.
Thanks.
You are getting
NaNvalue in IE 8 and its working in Firefox because the format of the string varies with browser and operating system.For example, in IE6 for Windows XP, the string is in the following format:
But in Firefox for Windows XP, the string is
to make it compatible with both browser you will have to first check the browser in your
javascript code and then accordingly give your input date string.