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fromISO8601

fromISO8601(string) parses a Date from an ISO8601 formatted string.

Parameters

isoDateString
An ISO8601 formatted string to convert to a datetime object.

Returns

A date object.

Example

    var date = new Date();
    var timeInMillisecs = date.getTime(); 
    var ISODate = utils.toISO8601(timeInMillisecs);
    var origDate = utils.fromISO8601(ISODate); 
   

The preceding code snippet would result in the ISO8601 formatted string 2011-11-28T17:06:51.477Z being converted to the datetime object Nov 28, 2011 5:06:51 PM.