Definition and Usage The parse() method takes a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970. Synt...
Definition and Usage
The parse() method takes a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.Syntax
Date.parse(datestring) |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| datestring | Required. A string representing a date |
Example
In this example we will get how many milliseconds there are from 1970/01/01 to 2005/07/08:<script type="text/javascript"> var d = Date.parse("Jul 8, 2005");
document.write(d);</script> |
The output of the code above will be:
1120773600000 |
Example 2
Now we will convert the output from the example above into years:| <script type="text/javascript"> var minutes = 1000 * 60; var hours = minutes * 60; var days = hours * 24; var years = days * 365; var t = Date.parse("Jul 8, 2005"); var y = t/years; document.write("It's been: " + y + " years from 1970/01/01"); document.write(" to 2005/07/08!"); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
| It's been: 35.53949771689498 years from 1970/01/01 to 2005/07/08! |
