parse date string in JavaScript to get timezone offset

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I have date string like Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:00:00 -0600 in JavaScript(sent by server PHP). I need to parse this and get the timezone offset '-0600'. Is there any easy way to get the timezone offset from this string?

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Do you have access to the PHP, it might be cleaner to do this on the server side. Not to mention PHP's time/date functions are a little more flexible IMO. — David Houde
– David Houde, Commented Apr 6, 2013 at 7:16
Have you tried using Date.parse() in conjunction with Date.getTimezoneOffset()? — Aiias
– Aiias, Commented Apr 6, 2013 at 7:17
@DCoder getTimezoneOffset() returns the local offset on the specified date, not the offset from the string. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Apr 6, 2013 at 7:24
@DavidHoude I have access to PHP, but I think I dont want get timezone offset of each event time and send to clinet seperately. — Krishna Shetty
– Krishna Shetty, Commented Apr 7, 2013 at 1:11

Eli · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-06 07:16:31Z

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var str = "Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:00:00 -0600"
var output = str.split(' ').pop();

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/D7c28/

answered Apr 6, 2013 at 7:16

Eli

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Krishna Shetty Over a year ago

split didnt work directly in some cases, I am using like 'str.toString().split(' ').pop()'. Yet to test on all browsers.

hequ · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-06 08:23:49Z

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var reg_exp = /(-|\+)\d{4}/,
    timezone_offset = reg_exp.match("Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:00:00 -0600")[0];

answered Apr 6, 2013 at 8:23

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