Generating a new date instance using a specified date string and locale settings

After scouring SO and coming up empty, I'm forging ahead with my question:

I've got a date string that's dependent on locale, along with the locale info itself.

For example, dateStr = '06/07/2021' and locale='en-GB'.

How can I convert this into a JS Date object? The Date constructor seems to only parse it in en-US format by default (MM-DD-YYYY).

This means that the above dateStr would be interpreted as 7th June 2021 instead of the correct 6 July 2021 when using the Date constructor.

UPDATE:
I tried using d2l-intl, but strangely, it doesn't work.

var parser = new d2lIntl.DateTimeParse('en-GB');
var date = parser.parseDate('23/05/2021');
console.log(
    date.getMonth(),
    date.getDate()
);

Unfortunately, it still requires the date string to be in en-US format.

javascriptdatemomentjslocale

Answer №1

After reviewing the comments on the question, it seems that some people are quick to blame the question itself rather than trying to understand it. It can be quite amusing at times!

While this may not be the most efficient solution, it gets the job done effectively.

locale = 'en-GB';
value = '07/06/2021';

moment.locale(locale);
const localeData = moment.localeData();
const format = localeData.longDateFormat('L');
console.log(moment(value, format).format('YYYY-MM-DD')); // '2021-06-07'

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