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Writing a simple Javascript function to create a Date object from a 'yyyy-mm-dd' string I found a small, but important, issue with the parseInt function, used to transform strings to integers.

Both parseInt('08') and parseInt('09') return zero because the function tries to determine the correct base for the numerical system used. In Javascript numbers starting with zero are considered octal and there's no 08 or 09 in octal, hence the problem and the strange result I was getting on my little script.

Both parseInt('08') and parseInt('09') return zero because the function tries to determine the correct base for the numerical system used. In Javascript numbers starting with zero are considered octal and there's no 08 or 09 in octal, hence the problem.

To fix this just add the second parameter for parseInt, the base to be used for the conversion. The correct calls should be parseInt('08', 10) and parseInt('09', 10).

Another of those little details, uh?

Posted on September 2, 2008. Add your comment.

Version control: moving from Subversion to Bazaar

Writing a simple Javascript function to create a Date object from a 'yyyy-mm-dd' string I found a small, but important, issue with the parseInt function, used to transform strings to integers.

To fix this just add the second parameter for parseInt, the base to be used for the conversion. The correct calls should be parseInt('08', 10) and parseInt('09', 10).

Both parseInt('08') and parseInt('09') return zero because the function tries to determine the correct base for the numerical system used. In Javascript numbers starting with zero are considered octal and there's no 08 or 09 in octal, hence the problem and the strange result I was getting on my little script.

Posted on September 2, 2008 and commented by 23 readers. Add your comment.