> How to Convert JSON Date Format to Javascript Date
When getting data from a REST service, it is common to serialize the data as JSON string. Parsing the data returned into a javascript object is easy with a simple eval. But when the data returned includes a date, then the JSON date format usually looks like 12 /Date(/Date(1426636800000)/)/ To convert this date to the standard date format for display to the frontend, we first need to extract the date part as below: