Convert string into date using JavaScript

Last Updated : 14 May, 2019

A string can be converted into a date in JavaScript through the following ways-

Creating date object using date string:
Example-1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <p>Convert string into date using JavaScript</p>
        <script>
            //It returns the Day,Month,Date,Year and time
            var d = new Date("May 1,2019 11:20:00");
            document.write(d);
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Getting the string in DD-MM-YY format using suitable methods:
We use certain methods such as:

getDate-It Returns Day of the month(from 1-31)
getMonth-It returns month number(from 0-11)
getFullYear-It returns full year(in four digits )

Example-2:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green">
          GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <p>Convert string into 
          date using JavaScript</p>
        <script>
            var d = new Date("May 1, 2019 ");
            document.write(formatDate(d));
  
            function formatDate(date) {
                var day = date.getDate();
                if (day < 10) {
                    day = "0" + day;
                }
                var month = date.getMonth() + 1;
                if (month < 10) {
                    month = "0" + month;
                }
                var year = date.getFullYear();
                return day + "/" + month + "/" + year;
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Using toDateString():
This method returns date portion of Date object in human readable form.
Example-3:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green">
          GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <p>
          Convert string into 
          date using JavaScript
      </p>
        <script>
            var date = new Date(2019, 5, 3);
  
            document.write(date.toDateString());
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>

OUTPUT
Output:

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Opera
Apple Safari

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