parseDateTimeUTC()

Signature

parseDateTime(string dateTimeString, string parseFormat, string | boolean locale, boolean strictParsing)

Parameters

dateTimeString

Type: string

A datetime string.

parseFormat

Type: string

An optional Java format string used to parse the datetime. The default is from the $Locale global value provider.

locale

Type: string | boolean

This parameter is deprecated.

strictParsing

Type: string

Set this optional parameter to true to turn off forgiving parsing and use strict validation.

Returns

Type: Date

Returns a JavaScript Date object, or null if dateTimeString is invalid.

Sample Code

var date = "2015-10-9";
// Returns "Thu Oct 08 2015 17:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)"
$A.localizationService.parseDateTimeUTC(date);