Reformatting the Date

Published by Helen Yu in
datesregexstrings

Create a function that converts dates from one of five string formats:

  1. "January 9, 2019" (MM D, YYYY)
  2. "Jan 9, 2019" (MM D, YYYY)
  3. "01/09/2019" (MM/DD/YYYY)
  4. "01-09-2019" (MM-DD-YYYY)
  5. "01.09.2019" (MM.DD.YYYY)

The return value will be an array formatted like: [MM, DD, YYYY], where MM, DD, and YYYY are all integers. Using the examples above:

Examples

convertDate("January 9, 2019") ➞ [1, 9, 2019]

convertDate("Jan 9, 2019") ➞ [1, 9, 2019]

convertDate("01/09/2019") ➞ [1, 9, 2019]

convertDate("01-09-2019") ➞ [1, 9, 2019]

convertDate("01.09.2019") ➞ [1, 9, 2019]

Notes

You can solve this any number of ways, but using JavaScript's new Date() method is probably the easiest. Check the Resources tab for documentation.

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