Node.js can't parse ISOString date?

Question

We save the date data in ISO format using the new Date (). toISOString ().

I tried to convert this date in ISO format to a Date object in node.js, but I got the answer "Invalid answer".

date string isoDate = 2014-07-09T14:00:00.000Z and I did console.log on Date.parse(isoDate); and new Date(isoDate); but each returns NaN and Invalid Date .

I checked if the date string contains any invisible invalid character, but they are beautiful and can be converted to the browser console.

Does this mean that I need to convert the string manually and create a Date object with the parsed string?

Thanks for reading.

Answer 1

Try using the moment library. It has many functions for working with dates and can be easily used both on the client side and on the server side. The moment("2014-07-09T14:00:00.000Z").toDate() call moment("2014-07-09T14:00:00.000Z").toDate() converts your string into a JavaScript JavaScript object using this library.

Answer 2

I am posting this answer in case someone experiences it like me.

What happened to me, I thought I was sending ISOString from the browser

 { startDate: date.startDate } 

which in fact I was sending an instance of the moment as a parameter

When I checked with the network inspector, I found out that the data being sent is in ISO format - yes, but it is enclosed in double quotation mark ""

 { startDate: "2016-12-31T16:00:00.000Z" } 

it should not be enclosed in double qoutes and should look like this

 { startDate: 2016-12-31T16:00:00.000Z } 

what worked for me is to parse the moment onto iso string

 { startDate: date.startDate.toISOString() }