parser.md

id	Format.parser
type	function(value)

---

shortDescription

Parses string values into numeric or date-time values. Should be used with formatter or one of the predefined formats.

param(value): String

The string value to be parsed.

return: Number | Date

The value after parsing.

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A UI component calls this function internally, for example, when a user enters a value. The following code gives an example of the formatter and parser functions which turns dates into strings, and parses strings back into dates, respectively.

<!--JavaScript-->
formatter: function (date) {
    const day = date.getDate();
    const month = date.getMonth() + 1;
    const year = date.getFullYear();

    return `${day}.${month}.${year}`;
},
parser: function (e) {
    const parts = e.split(".");
    const day = Number(parts[0]);
    const month = Number(parts[1] - 1);
    const year = Number(parts[2]);

    return new Date(year, month, day);
}