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ClojureScript Date parsing
#+clj (defn parse-date
[date-string]
(f/parse (f/formatter "dd/MM/yyyy") date-string))
;; Javascript date uglyness: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2587345/javascript-date-parse
#+cljs (defn parse-date
"Parses a UK date string such as 29/01/2014 and converts it into a JS date object or nil if invalid.
Handles bizarro javascript case such as new Date(2014, 1, 31) => Mon Mar 03 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (GMT)"
[date-string]
(let [date-parts (clojure.string/split date-string #"/")
month (dec (js/parseInt (second date-parts) 10))
year (nth date-parts 2 nil)
date (js/Date. year month (first date-parts))]
(when (and year (not (js/isNaN (.getTime date))) (= month (.getMonth date)))
date)))
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