Parse a Python datetime string in Javascript

Question

I need to parse a Python-generated datetime string into a Javascript Date object. I went the simplest route:

In Python:

dstring = str(mydate)

example dstring = '2012-05-16 19:20:35.243710-04:00'

In Javascript (with datejs library):

d = new Date(dstring);

This gets me a correct date object in Chrome, but an "Invalid Date" error in Firefox and Safari (on Mac).

Answer 1

You need to parse the string into a JS Date. The Date constructor is not enough. Maybe you should consider using a library such as datejs:

http://www.datejs.com/

Datejs extends the Date object with useful methods such as:

Date.parse('Thu, 1 July 2004 22:30:00');

Needless to say that date/time formats are customizable.