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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
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title: parseDateString (dateString)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns a Date object for the given date string whose format is yyyy-MM-dd.

If the date string uses a different date format, use `date:parseFormattedDateString` instead.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`Date`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
date:parseDateString(dateString)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>dateString</td><td>A date string using the 'yyyy-MM-dd' format.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`date:parseDateString('2016-10-31')`

Returns a Date Object with year = 2016, month = October, day = 31

### Related Information

[parseFormattedDateString (dateString, dateFormat)](/wcp_docs/lom1526019557540.html)