Convert Date from one format to another format in JavaScript

You should look into momentjs, which is a javascript date/time library. With that, you can easily convert between dates of different format. In your case, it would be:

string newDate = moment(currentDate, currentFormatString).format(newFormatString)

For example, moment("21/10/14", "DD/MM/YY").format("MM/DD/YY") would return "10/21/14"

You can use the above described answer of momnet.js or the function below for splitting and using it

For using moment.js make sure you enter your old and new format in upper case

function parseDate(strDate) {

    var dateFormat = $('#currentDateFormat').val();

    var str;
    var res;

    var strFormat = dateFormat.split('.');
    if (strFormat.length != 3)
        strFormat = dateFormat.split('/');
    if (strFormat.length != 3)
        strFormat = dateFormat.split('-');

    str = strDate.split('.');
    if (str.length != 3)
        str = strDate.split('/');
    if (str.length != 3)
        str = strDate.split('-');


    if (strFormat[0].substr(0, 1) == 'd' && strFormat[1].substr(0, 1) == 'M' &&             
        strFormat[2].substr(0, 1) == 'y') // for dd MM yyyy
        res = new Date(str[2], str[1], str[0]);

    if (strFormat[0].substr(0, 1) == 'M' && strFormat[1].substr(0, 1) == 'd' &&
        strFormat[2].substr(0, 1) == 'y') // for MM dd yyyy
        res = new Date(str[2], str[0], str[1]);

    if (strFormat[0].substr(0, 1) == 'y' && strFormat[1].substr(0, 1) == 'M' &&
        strFormat[2].substr(0, 1) == 'd')
        res = new Date(str[0], str[1], str[2]);

    if (strFormat[0].substr(0, 1) == 'y' && strFormat[1].substr(0, 1) == 'd' &&         
        strFormat[2].substr(0, 1) == 'M')
        res = new Date(str[0], str[2], str[1]);

    return res;
}