New function: Utilities.parseDate()

[Andrew Roberts]

I think this newly released function is worth highlighting for those of us who forget to keep an eye on the Apps Script release notes!

parseDate(date, timeZone, format) 

Parses the provided string date according to the specification described in the Java Standard Edition SimpleDateFormat class. For more information, see the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

// This set of parameters parses the given string as a date in Greenwich Mean Time, formatted
// as year-month-dateThour-minute-second.
var date = Utilities.parseDate("1970-01-01 00:00:00", "GMT", "yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss");
Logger.log(date);

I had spent many an hour putting together functions like this - DateTime - and this pulls them all together nicely!

[Andrew Roberts]

Oh and here are the release notes if interested.

[CBMServices Web]

Thanks Andrew. Nice to know.

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