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Is there a simple, established way to allow free-form date entry on a web page and parse the input text to get a Date value? We have a new requirement to go from using a date picker to allowing free-form date entry. So the user could theoretically enter any of the following:

12/7/41 12-7-1941 Dec 7, 1941

And we would have to attempt to parse it and make a date out of it.

I have attempted to find something online but the closest is this JQuery widget which doesn't do the free-form thing. There's also DateJS but it looks unfinished and development stopped in 2008. I'm just wondering if there's anything else out there.

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MomentJS has what you are looking for. It's a robust library with almost all your time and/or date needs handled. MomentJS Parsing: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/

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Warning: Browser support for parsing strings is inconsistent. Because there is no specification on which formats should be supported, what works in some browsers will not work in other browsers. - momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string | Bottom line: use String + Formats
Thank you, this looks great.

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