Sitecore datetime to javascript Date object

Question

Say please what is the best way to convert Sitecore datetime string (20170401T073000Z) to javascript Date object ?

Answer 1

JavaScript equivalent of ISO date format used in Sitecore is 2017-04-01T07:30:00Z.

You first need to convert from 20170401T073000Z to 2017-04-01T07:30:00Z and then create new Date object:

var dateString = "20170401T073000Z";

// change string to "2017-04-01T07:30:00Z";
var formattedDateString = dateString.substr(0, 4) 
    + "-" + dateString.substr(4, 2)
    + "-" + dateString.substr(6, 5)
    + ":" +  dateString.substr(11, 2)
    + ":" + dateString.substr(13, 3);

// create date obj with Timezone info
var dateObj = new Date(formattedDateString);