I have dates stored using Parse backend. I retrieve them using JSON.stringify. Everything is working fantastic except for dates. I need to convert them to JavaScript dates. I understand that Parse stores dates in ISO 8601 format preceded by characters as in this example:

{"__type":"Date","iso":"2013-05-07T00:00:00.000Z"}

Could sure use some help on trying to convert above to standard JavaScript date. Thanks!

I have dates stored using Parse. backend. I retrieve them using JSON.stringify. Everything is working fantastic except for dates. I need to convert them to JavaScript dates. I understand that Parse. stores dates in ISO 8601 format preceded by characters as in this example:

{"__type":"Date","iso":"2013-05-07T00:00:00.000Z"}

Could sure use some help on trying to convert above to standard JavaScript date. Thanks!

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• date
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The iso8601 isn't an issue: see JavaScript Date ISO8601

As for getting the item out, don't use JSON.stringify, just access the part you need:

var d = {"__type":"Date","iso":"2013-05-07T00:00:00.000Z"};
d = new Date(d.iso);

For those who dont know how to get the date and the time from an input (Works in chrome, opera and safari) HTML code

<input type="date" id="thedate">
<input type="time" id="thetime">

Javascript code

var a = document.getElementById("thedate").value;
var b = document.getElementById("thetime").value;


x = a + 'T' + b + '+02:00'; //the +02:00 is because i live in Greece and we are +02:00 GMT! Choose your own.
var d = {"__type":"Date","iso":x};
d = new Date(d.iso);