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.