added support for treating numbers as date in miliseconds

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/filters.js b/src/filters.js
index 5b734882..7db5403c 100644
--- a/src/filters.js
+++ b/src/filters.js
@@ -75,8 +75,14 @@ var DATE_FORMATS = {
 var DATE_FORMATS_SPLIT = /([^yMdHhmsaZ]*)(y+|M+|d+|H+|h+|m+|s+|a|Z)(.*)/;
 
 angularFilter.date = function(date, format) {
-  if (!(date instanceof Date)) return date;
-  var text = date.toLocaleDateString(), fn;
+  var text, fn;
+  if (!date) return date;
+  if (!(date instanceof Date)) {
+    text = parseInt(date, 10);
+    date = new Date();
+    date.setTime(text);
+  }
+  text = date.toLocaleDateString();
   if (format && isString(format)) {
     text = '';
     var parts = [];
diff --git a/test/FiltersSpec.js b/test/FiltersSpec.js
index fbaceac6..0c4afbbd 100644
--- a/test/FiltersSpec.js
+++ b/test/FiltersSpec.js
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ describe('filter', function(){
     it('should ignore falsy inputs', function() {
       expect(filter.date(null)).toEqual(null);
       expect(filter.date('')).toEqual('');
-      expect(filter.date(123)).toEqual(123);
     });
 
     it('should do basic filter', function() {
@@ -123,6 +122,9 @@ describe('filter', function(){
 
     });
 
+    it('should accept miliseconds as date', function(){
+      expect(filter.date("123", "yyyy")).toEqual('1969');
+    });
 
   });
 });