Parse ONLY a time string with DateJS
I'm using the excellent (but large) DateJS library to handle dates and times in my webapp. I just came across something that I'm not sure how to handle.
I want my users to be able to enter Time strings only, without a date, but they should be able to enter it in any manner they please. For instance:
- 5:00 pm
- 17:00
- 5:00pm
- 5:00p
- 5p
- etc.
Using Date.parse(value) converts these strings into a full date, which is exactly what I want. However, it also allows the user to enter any other part of a date string, such as:
- sat 5pm
- 1/1/2010 5pm
- etc.
I'm trying to use DateJS to validate an input field for a time value. Something like:
function validateTime(value) {
return Date.parse(value) !== null;
}
Is there a way to use DateJS features to solve this? There are other SO questions that provide solutions, but if DateJS has a way to do this, I don't really want to add more custom code to my app to do this.