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Javascript Date.parse returning NaN in blackberry browser

This is the code I am trying to run in blackberry simulator browser (OS V6.0).

<html>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
var d = Date.parse("Tue Oct 25 2011 18:33:17 GMT+0230");
var d1 = Date.parse("Tue Oct 25 2011 18:33:17");
document.write(d+"::::::"+d1);

</script>

</body>
</html>

Whenever the GMT information is there is in the string I pass to parse method,it returns NaN,whereas it is returning a value if the GMT information is not there.But I cannot remove the GMT part from my string.

Any idea why this is failing?.Please note that it is happening in blackberry only.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • As said in the comments, you can remove the GMT part:

    var gmt = str.indexOf("GMT");
var newDate = str.substr(0,gmt-1)

    then parse the data:

    var d = Date.parse(newDate);

    and finally, add the GTM part:

    var offset_hour = str.substr(gmt+3, 3);
var offset_min = str.substr(gmt+6);
d.addMinutes(60 * offset_hour + offset_min);

    The code is not tested and the last call corresponds to the datejs library.